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You how many calories are in your cheeseburger or your milk shake. the rules would require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to post the calorie count for each and every item on the menu. they would also apply to bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores, coffee chains, and the calories could be up on the menus by next year. new york city was the very first in the country to put a calorie posting law in place, which has never deterred me. >> heather: i was going to say. one state is going an extra mile in the fight ainst obese i didn't tell. >> arizona's cash strapped medicaid pla...

I'm so excited, peter. i can't wait for it to come out. >> bradley, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> see, he's cute. >> oh, yeah. you like him, i know. >> we're loving this story. if you go to the movies this weekend maybe to see that movie, you can pick up a snack at the concession stand, but you might want to rethink what you pick when you hear the calorie count. >> yeah, think twice. the new health care law is actually requiring chain restaurants with at least 20 locations to post calorie content on the menu items, and that may include concession stands, but as you can imagine, movie theate...

Grant the writ now and they'll wait until the october term. >> gregg: we'll wait and see. thanks. good to see you, lis weihl and merced mercedes colwin. >> heather: an interesting debate and, you may have heard, eating a big breakfast will actually cut your calorie count and slim your waistline? turns out that is not true. >> gregg: i knew it wasn't true. i am vindicated. >> heather: why bigger may not be better. we'll find out coming up next. ♪ ♪ hey baby i hear the calling ♪ scrambled eggs ♪ and i seem a bit confused but i've got you pegged...♪ because she could afford nothing else...

Marketing institute are out with their pitch, and it's called nutrition keys. basically, it contains four basic icons for calories, saturated fat, sodium and sugars. on small food packages, one icon can be used for calorie count per serving. they also pitched this possible option. let me show it to you. it's a panel of six icons, the four original panels for calories, saturated fat, sodium and sugar, but add also called nutrients to encourage. they define those as potassium, fiber, protein, vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin d, calcium and iron. these labels aren't out on food labels yet. you could...

And sugars. on small food packages one icon can be used for calorie count per serving. they pitched this option also, six panels, then nutrients to encourage. they define those as potassium, protein, vitamins, calcium and iron. these labels are not out on foods yet. you could start seeing them in the next few months. a reminder that these are suggestions from the food industry. the government is also working on its own research in labeling. some people are worried that positive and negative nutrition levels will only confuse customers. the white house praised the company but they'll still have...