> There's nothing wrong with fast food either, if we encompass, say, a healthy sandwich or salad from Subway, Chipotle, or Panera in it.

I don't know what to say apart from this baffles me. These aren't healthy options. They're processed junk food.

What’s wrong with Chipotle?

A typical Chipotle order is 1,000 calories, an entire day's worth of salt, and most of a day's worth of saturated fat. Just for lunch. That's insane. Almost nobody needs that unless you're an athlete.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/17/upshot/what-d...

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/food-cocktails/news/a36622/chip...

I think it's also pretty gross, greasy, sloppy food in general - they've caused e coli breakouts in the past it's so bad.

The higher-end numbers from the NYT article come from chips and guac. If you're ordering fast food from these places you of course have to watch that you're not ordering calorie-heavy foods like you also have to in restaurants. But their menu also has lighter-calorie options.

What I'd also question is how much of these numbers are due to the portion sizes vs. nutrition per calorie.

Thanks, I didn’t realize this. I appreciate the sources

> There's nothing wrong with snacking in itself. Arguably, it's better than three or so heavier meals.

There have been studies purporting to show benefits from having either more or fewer meals per day and overall there isn't really strong evidence either way.