Growing Wider in the Restaurant Booth
SHARED by Tina T on May 6, 2008 - 10:27am
Just had to pass along this juicy little nugget about sit-down food chains which apparently pile tons of calories into their lunch and dinner entrees. Just how bad is it? According to Yahoo Health, a "menu analysis of 24 national chains revealed that the average entree at a sit-down restaurant contains 867 calories, compared with 522 calories in the average fast-food entree. And that's before appetizers, sides, or desserts — selections that can easily double your total calorie intake."
And what if you order a drink or two?
Should sit-down chain restaurants be mandated to reveal the calorie content of their food? Or do you think the consumer just needs to exercise a little self control when it comes to eating out?
Comments
I would LOVE for restaurants to disclose their nutritional values for their food! My in-laws took my son and I to a cafeteria-style chain restaurant, and I got the "healthy" stuff for him and I to share: green beans, squash, fruit salad, turkey breast and sweet potatoes.
Can I just tell you that my 18 month old was COVERED in butter from fingers to elbows, after eating his veggies?! We were eating as healthy as we could at this restaurant, and EVERYTHING was COATED in butter and sugar. The fruit salad was all sugar. The sweet potatoes had brown sugar.
I'm all for making veggies taste good with a pat of butter, and fruit with sugar for dessert is yummy...but this was their healthy menu! I am really not exaggerating...my son was c-o-a-t-e-d with butter...is that really necessary for them to cook that way?!
People think they are eating healthy, and we really don't know how this food is being prepared (most places are not this obvious), so letting us know what we are consuming would be helpful.
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