Americans may be running up the calorie count when dining out

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 14:42 in Mathematics & Economics

More restaurants are printing nutritional information on menus, but fat- and salt-laden foods are still offered. Americans are eating out more and more: According to the National Restaurant Assn., 49% of every food dollar in the U.S. is now spent in restaurants, up from 25% in 1955.