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Video: Why Should Movie Theaters Be Exempt From Calorie Labeling?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QifyoBvGt0k&feature=youtu.be
There are approximately 1,200 calories in medium-size popcorn at Regal Cinemas, according to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest. And that's without the added butter.
Twelve-hundred calories is about what I eat in an entire day. So why, asks this video posted by CSPI, should movie theaters in most states remain exempt from new rules requiring that food sold to the public include calorie counts? The group asks that viewers write to President Obama and "urge him to strengthen the final menu labeling regulations to include movie theaters." (You'd think Michelle Obama would be interested in this issue too, with her telling kids "Let's Move" and all.)
This program aired on March 20, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.