Counting calories

Mirroring a recent Los Angeles County proposal to post calorie information at fast-food and chain restaurants, the city now wants to let you know how much damage you're doing to your waistline when you pound that Big Mac or Whopper. Daily News.

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 to draft a law that could be on the books by next month - a move that would require many restaurants in the city of Los Angeles to follow rules already imposed in unincorporated Los Angeles County and New York City. A similar law is being considered by California lawmakers.

The vote comes as figures from the California Department of Public Health show that the state's residents have gained 360 million pounds of excess weight in the past 10 years, and one-third of children, one in four teens and more than half of all adults are overweight or obese.