NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court said on Tuesday that a new rule requiring New York City fast food restaurants to post calorie information on menu boards is effective immediately.

It’s a done deal: NYC calorie-count rule effective immediately: court

I’ve already become used to these menu boards at Subway, which has had them for over a year because they have nothing to hide:

The slightly more-caloric chains fought the legislation since it might cause customers to reconsider their choice:

One of the claims was that adding the calorie information would the make the menu impossible to read. Here is what Dunkin’ Donuts presented:

And here is how New York City responded:

Just another health-inspired law from the first major city to ban smoking and trans fats!

Photo Credit: Most of these photos are from Menu Board Calories Arrive in New York on “Weighty Matters” where they are licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada license.