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A question of calories?
Date: 06/09/2011
According to a new survey, two out of three UK adults believe that all fast food restaurants should publish a calorie count for their products. Apparently, there are ‘huge nutritional differences’ between ‘apparently similar’ items with, for example, a Burger King Whopper containing 33 per cent more calories than a McDonald’s Big Mac.The US now requires chain restaurants with more than 20 outlets to publish calorie counts, and the move has reportedly led to the average lunchtime calorie count dropping from 829 to 785 at McDonald’s, and 927 to 850 at KFC. But, hey, that is still some serious lunchtime consumption, eh!
Now I know the journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step, but I’m thinking the journey to any fast food outlet should start with several thousand steps – preferably a sprint. After all, surely the obesity problem is about lifestyle too. Who ever heard of a calorie-counting couch potato?
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