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Fast Food Nutrition
Occupy McDonald’s
Shouldn’t we be angrier about the foods restaurants are pushing us to buy? Five grievances we have against fast food companies
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Our Top Fast Food Grievances
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Fast food is higher in fat, calories, fat, sodium, and sugar
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Unhealthy foods are being directly marketed to kids
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Unhealthy foods remain the default option in most kids’ meals
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Value meals: More belly for our buck
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‘Healthy’ options can be deceiving
Our Top Fast Food Grievances
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As Occupy Wall Street protests have spread to 1,500 cities around the globe, it’s become clear that a lot of folks are angry.
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Well, the editors at Fitbie are riled up too, but our beef’s with fast food companies. Even against the backdrop of an economic downturn, the fast food industry is on track to be a $178.7 billion business in 2011, despite the fact that the food served at these establishments is a detriment to our health, putting us at risk of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.
Eating Out While Dieting
The reliance on restaurant foods has grown steadily over the past 4 years, and consumers devote 48% of their food budgets to meals prepared outside of the home, according to the USDA. Certainly the $4.1 billion fast food restaurants spent on advertising in 2010 has done little to ease this trend.
If there’s one thing the protesters have taught us, it’s that it’s time to speak out. So here are the five biggest gripes we have with the food industry, and some proposed strategies for bailing ourselves out.
What are your biggest beefs with restaurant foods? Tell us on Facebook!
Search: Worst fast food
Well, the editors at Fitbie are riled up too, but our beef’s with fast food companies. Even against the backdrop of an economic downturn, the fast food industry is on track to be a $178.7 billion business in 2011, despite the fact that the food served at these establishments is a detriment to our health, putting us at risk of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.
Eating Out While Dieting
The reliance on restaurant foods has grown steadily over the past 4 years, and consumers devote 48% of their food budgets to meals prepared outside of the home, according to the USDA. Certainly the $4.1 billion fast food restaurants spent on advertising in 2010 has done little to ease this trend.
If there’s one thing the protesters have taught us, it’s that it’s time to speak out. So here are the five biggest gripes we have with the food industry, and some proposed strategies for bailing ourselves out.
What are your biggest beefs with restaurant foods? Tell us on Facebook!
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