How sloppy is that triple Whopper with cheese? It has 1,250 calories, or 62.5% of the recommended 2,000-calories-per-day diet. The Fried Macaroni and Cheese from the Cheesecake Factory? Try 1,570 calories — according to health experts, you’re better off eating a stick of butter. -time.com
MY COMMENT: Eating out too much is a deadly habit. Stay home and cook!
“Combination meals” at hamburger chains accounted for 31% of all purchases and averaged over 1,200 calories; side orders accounted for almost one-third of these calories.” -What People Buy From Fast-food Restaurants: Caloric Content and Menu Item Selection, New York City 2007, Obesity Journal, April 2009
MY COMMENT: Drinking water instead of soda and skipping the fries saves money and calories!
Good article here on America’s demand for bigger, fatter burgers.
“What people say they want and what they do don’t match up,” says Darren Tristano, an executive vice president at Technomic, a food-industry research and consulting firm. “If they say, ‘I’m gonna order more salads,’ they’re going to order more french fries.”
Wendy’s spokesman Denny Lynch says research shows that customers had an unslakable yearning for more bacon. “Well, if they like two strips of bacon, would they like three? And if they like three, how about six? And that’s where the Baconator came from,” he says
note: The Baconator has 1,920 mg of sodium, 830 calories, and 51 grams of fat.
…a high-density of fast food outlets was associated with an increase of 3 pounds in weight and .8 inches in waist circumference among neighborhood residents who frequently ate at those restaurants. In contrast, high-walkability neighborhoods were associated with a decrease of 2.7 pounds in weight and 0.6 inches in waist size among residents who increased their levels of vigorous physical activity during a one-year period. -Medical News Today
MY COMMENT: Temptation! Our environment makes a difference, where we live and work. Note this study was conducted over 3 years.
Youth who study just a short walk from a fast-food outlet eat fewer fruit and vegetables, drink more soda and are more likely to be obese than students at other schools, according to research published Tuesday. -news.yahoo
MY COMMENT: No surprise here.
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