Fast Food Gets a Bad Rap

And it should!

I had to do some research on fast food for my Health class and thought I would share some random facts:

-Forty to Seventy percent of the calories in fast food are obtained from fats

-Some restaurants are going transfat free but others are reinstating highfat and high calorie meals

-Those who said they ate out at fast food restaurants at least twice a week or more gained ten pounds more than those who did not

-When eating out, most people underestimate how many calories they have eaten oten by as much as five hundred calories

-Many sit down restaurants offer children's meals that are adult sized in calories and fat content

-National nutritionists commented that in order to maintain a healthy diet, one should eat fast food no more than once every three months

-An example of a common fast food meal: Burger King - Double Whopper with cheese (1,060 calories, 69 grams of fat with 30 of these being transfat), adding a large fry and large coke totals the meal at 2,050 calories, 99 grams of fat with 46 grams of these being transfat

For me, the above example contains as many calories as I should eat in a DAY, not a MEAL. I have never really been a huge fan of fast food, but this has definitely changed my outlook on eating out!