Chain Restaurants Encourage Americans To Over Eat

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Chain Restaurants Encourage Americans To Over Eat Says Watchdog

A US watchdog has charged chain restaurants with encouraging Americans to over eat. It is not unusual to find a single meal packing in more than several days' worth of calories says the US Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

 CSPI are calling for all chain restaurants to show nutritional information, including the calorie value of each dish, in their menus. "With appetizers, entrées, and desserts weighing in at 2,000 calories apiece, the time is ripe for menu labeling", they say. The average recommended daily intake for a woman is 2,000 calories and for a man it is 2,500.

The watchdog says customers don't have a clue that they "might be getting a whole day's worth of calories in a single dish, or several days' worth in the whole meal".

"The CSPI mention products like "Colossal Burger" weighing in at 1,940 calories and 141 grams of fat. That is nearly a day's worth of calories and more than two days' worth of fat. The recommended fat level for a person on 2,000 calories per day is about 65 grams."
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[Devil]

same with people that go to those Las Vegas style buffets.

People eat three heaping plates because "it is an all you can eat buffet". then they wonder why their kids are obese? Of course a dinner at the buffet is followed by a good night of Playstation.

  It is funny, everyone I meet and talk to, seem to diss McDonalds too? Yet, there is a McDonalds I drive by and the line up is always wrapped around the building?

[Sportsdude]

A lot of people don't know when to quit.  

[Lise]

It's all explained in Supersize Me. Watch the show and you'll see.

  Many people eat for the sake of eating. There's something enjoyable in food so when you eat more, your brain releases a kind of hormones that makes you 'high'. Believe it or not. The food companies know this and targets people because that's where their market is.

  I don't like the notion of buffets but I do enjoy them despite the gorge-fest. *weakling*

[Sportsdude]

I'm guilty of over eating. A lot of factors go into it, mine are mainly being depressed because when I'm down on my luck or when I start to feel really bad the first thing I do it eat and eat and eat.  Its not good and then massive weight gain sets in.

A lot of people can't help it when they are like that.  Brain tells people to eat because it makes them feel good.

Buffets though are tempting because everything is right there and you could always go back for more.  Like Charlie and the chocolate factory or an alcoholic when he or she sees alcohol.
 

[Lise]

That's too bad, SD. I know depression can trigger off the need to fill up a void and most people just reach for the nearest thing available in mass quantity, which is sadly food. Don't know what else I can say except maybe try other things before going for food.

[Sportsdude]

Yeah I've tried it's horrible.  Just this urge to constantly constantly eat.  I found out that drinking a lot of liquids supresses the need.  Can't tell you how many diet coke and lipton green teas I've gone through.

I really think people should treat over eating disorders like they do for bulemia and anorexia.  I know and I've seen a lot of people suffer from it. And it works just like anorexia.  An anorexic person looks themselves in the mirror and thinks they are fat so they continue to starve themselves.  Well an over eater looks themselves in the mirror, gets depressed at the weight gain and then goes back to eating because it makes them feel better.

Don't worry though, just like alcohol you know when you've hit rock bottom. A couple of weeks ago I knew I hit that with my eating.  It used to be a joke between my friend and I on seeing if I could eat all of that or not but one night a few weeks ago it wasn't funny anymore. Consequently that was at the same time I started doing my work again, which made me feel better.
 

[Russ]

I like food. Especially large hunks of beef.

  Im guilty of this. I like bbqing and making lots of little tasty morsels.

  So what?

  EDIT: oh and Yaargh!