Bruce Vladeck, another board member, questioned why large sodas at a movie theater would be banned while huge buckets of popcorn wouldn't.

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"The popcorn isn't a whole lot better from a nutritional point of view than the soda is, and may have even more calories, " he said, inquiring whether food might be the next step.

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So, if implemented, you can tell how many calories your sandwich has at Subway, but you won't be able to tell how many calories your buckets of popcorn have at the movie theater.

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