When it was less frequent that people ate out, the nutritional information of restaurant foods was less critical. The Cheesecake Factory considers its guests to be indulging themselves with a heavy meal at their establishment. But with obesity rates at startling levels, there is more pressure on restaurants to provide the data that are found on packaged foods.
WebMD has an article about a recent University of Arkansas study published in the American Journal of Public Health:
"Without nutritional information, diners in this study underestimated the calorie content of common menu items by an average of 600 calories. A diner who ate 600 extra calories at a restaurant each week would add more than 30,000 extra calories and could gain nine extra pounds per year."
"Cheese fries with ranch dressing, was deemed 'extremely unhealthful,' with 3,010 calories and 217 grams of fat." - that sounds really good. I'm sure you can get away with that one once in a while, c'mon...
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