Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds

Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by chrisseaton on Saturday January 23, 2021 @09:05PM (#25888277)

> 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.

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Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by DC1350 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:22AM (#25893208)

What’s wrong with Chipotle?

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Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by chrisseaton on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:54AM (#25893491)

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.

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Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by jhanschoo on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @08:35PM (#25923219)

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.

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Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by DC1350 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @03:26PM (#25895574)

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

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