--- description: The FDA will announce new rules on Tuesday requiring posted calorie counts at restaurants, movie theaters and vending machines. title: FDA to Announce New Calorie Count Display Rules image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea809242c238698b/69876acfcd68484283098387/calories-fda.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Calorie Counts Will Be Required More Places Than Ever Before Under New Rules by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 12:23 PM CUT  Nutritional Information Label Nutritional Information LabelFuse/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2014 12:23 PM CUT Regulators on Tuesday will announce [new rules](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/fda-to-announce-sweeping-calorie-rules-for-restaurants.html "undefined") mandating that a wider array of businesses than ever before display calorie counts for their food, including chain restaurants, movie theaters and even vending machines. The rules will be unveiled Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration and will take effect in one year, the New York _Times_ reports, amid a push to combat [obesity](http://time.com/3597407/obesity-global-cost-report/ "undefined") in the U.S. “This is one of the most important public health nutrition policies ever to be passed nationally,” said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The rules will cover restaurants with 20 or more locations, amusement parks, vending machines and certain foods in grocery stores. And for the first time, alcoholic beverages will be included, too. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/fda-to-announce-sweeping-calorie-rules-for-restaurants.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3604599/fda-calorie-counts-obesity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3604599/fda-calorie-counts-obesity/"},"headline":"Calorie Counts Will Be Required More Places Than Ever Before Under New Rules","datePublished":"2014-11-25T12:23:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:21:23.150Z","description":"FDA unveiling new guidelines","url":"https://time.com/3604599/fda-calorie-counts-obesity/","keywords":["Food","calories","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea809242c238698b/69876acfcd68484283098387/calories-fda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea809242c238698b/69876acfcd68484283098387/calories-fda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nutritional Information Label","caption":"Nutritional Information Label","creditText":"Fuse/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3604599/fda-calorie-counts-obesity/","name":"Calorie Counts Will Be Required More Places Than Ever Before Under New Rules"}}]}] ```