Fast-food consumption on the rise.

[DWW]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: DWW

Originally posted by: Yossarian
like everything else, it's ok in moderation. you aren't going to get fat if you have one burger a week.

Or even daily if you compensate it with a 5 mile jog, weight training and eating very healthy the rest of the day. But people will eat fast-food daily, sit on their ass in a cubicle, go home and say they are tired so they can sit around, eat a microwaved meal or two and snack all evening then say "gee whiz mcdonalds made me fat!"

We have a winner!!! 😛

Bear in mind I don't follow that outline. 5 miles is a fair amount to jog 😉 Daily I do two 2 mile walks and eat less than healthy but I know why I'm overweight 😛

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Skoorb

one-third of U.S. children ages 4 to 19 eat fast food on a daily basis.

DAMN! I got that from some link I just read. On the radio this morning it was said that in 1972 fastfood expenses were $6 B/year in the US. They're now up to $110 B. Population increase and inflation shouldn't have it past maybe $25 B by my estimation.

The average american eats three burgers and 4 servings of fries/week.

But, it must be cortisol levels that make them fat, right? 🙂

you calculations suck. $6 billion in 1972 is equivalent of $25.64 in 2002. the population has increased about 50% as well, so more like $35 billion is where it should be.

You English sucks!

Im not refuting the fact that fast food consumption on the rise. Im just explaing why its really on the rise. And thats, avalibility, economics, and a completely different parenting generation, that doesnt, really know what hard times truely were. Then you have the generations after the Baby Boom generation, that are even less responsible, and truely DO NOT even know what moderately hard times are.

Fast food isn't on the rise because of availability of restaurants. Availability of restaurants is a response to increased demand 🙂

Fast food places simply reflect what people want to eat at the time. I think it is starting to dawn on people that eating unhealthy causes vast physical problems and rising health care costs, so they are eating more healthy now.

Fausto: "It may be dawning on people, but they're sure as hell not doing anything about it.
" Exactly. The country is getting fatter, not thinner, and we've known for years that obesity is bad. People won't do anything truly about it until there is an _easy_ out, such as a pill. That's just a fact.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Fausto
For example:

Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad 10.4 oz(294 g) 370 kcal

+

Newman's Own® Ranch Dressing 2.0 fl oz(59 mL) 170 kcal

=

540kcal. 10 more than a Quarter-Pounder with cheese and only 60 less than a Big Mac.

Don't be fooled by this junk math. I'm embarassed for you, Fausto!!! 😀

Look again:
12.4 oz salad + dressing = 540kcal/25g fat/7g saturated fat
7 oz Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese = 540Kcal/29g fat/13g saturated fat

It's nearly HALF the weight, same calories, more fat. Add to that the salad is supposed to be a whole meal. Most people eating Quarter Pounders are also getting french fries, so you can tack on 350Kcal, 17g fat, 3g saturated.

Comparing the salad to the burger is a fools' game borne out of the media's constant demonizing of McDonald's. They are just looking for an angle. That's not to say McDonald's is health food, but this comparison doesn't hold water.

 

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