Does Nutrition Information Change Your Order?

Here at That's Fit, we're constantly telling you what we think about things, but sometimes it's nice to know what you think. So from time to time, we'll ask you a question. Don't be afraid to speak up -- we love feedback.

Many restaurants now provide nutrition information either on their menus, online or by request. I know that I find it helpful when ordering. I'll never forget the time I neglected to look up nutritional information before going out to a chain restaurant; I thought I'd ordered a halfway-decent meal -- substituted a veggie side for fries and so forth -- but when I got home and looked online, I was shocked to see that my halfway-decent meal was almost 1,000 calories!

Bev told us that in one observational study, only 0.1 percent of fast food patrons reviewed nutritional information before ordering. An observational study has some obvious flaws; it doesn't account for people who look up the information online or just have familiar favorites that they order over and over, but still ... 0.1 percent is pretty shocking. It made me wonder, do you review nutritional information before ordering?