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The hypothesis that people on average will cut the calories in their orders when the amount of calories is labeled looks very non-obvious. I can see several opposing factors that might be in play when the restaurant starts to make nutrition information available:
I think it's presumptuous to conclude that labeling the amount of calories in food "totally fails to change people's eating behaviors at all", but rather that measuring the average calories in the orders is not enough and more thorough investigation is needed.
"The hypothesis that people on average will cut the calories in their orders when the amount of calories is labeled looks very non-obvious"
It may be, but nonetheless, reducing obesity is the justification for recent restraunt labeling laws.