The 30 Worst Fast-Food Restaurant Choices

Comments (25)
Print

Pages in this Story:

How to Navigate the Menu

Knowing what you're up against is the first step in conquering restaurant bombs. Arming yourself against the seductive smells, tricked-out menus, heaping plates, and multiple distractions will help you make sane choices. "We have made food into entertainment -- a 'food carnival,'" says Kessler. "Go into a modern American restaurant: the colors, the TVs, the monitors, the music. You do it with your friends. We've taken sugar and added all these multiple levels of stimuli. What do we end up with? Probably one of the great public health crises of our day."

All nutritional information is from the restaurants' online menus, their respective publicists, and/or Men's Health magazine (NYS ordinance/their NYC menu, and the Center for Science in Public Interest).

Originally published on FitnessMagazine.com, October 2009.

What do you think of this story? Leave a Comment.

Related Links

SAVE EVEN MORE! Say "Yes" to Fitness® Magazine today and get a second year for HALF PRICE – 2 full years (20 issues) for just $15. You also get our new Fitness Band and Total Body Express Band Workout ABSOLUTELY FREE! (U.S. orders only)

First Name:

Last Name:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Email Address:

100% Money-Back Guarantee: You must be pleased, or you may cancel any time during the life of your subscription and receive a refund on any unserved issues – no questions asked. Fitness® Magazine is currently published 10 times annually – subject to change without notice. Double issues may be published, which count as 2 issues. Applicable sales tax will be added. E-mail address required to access your account and member benefits online. We will not share your e-mail address with anyone. Click here to view our privacy policy.

What do you think? Review this story! >

dvsnowden wrote:

Inseatd of olive garden, what about Sweet Tomatoes. Is it healthy or not. I found some info online, a good site was www.sweet-tomatoescoupons.com, but if olive garden is unhealthy, what about Sweet Tomatoes?

5/19/2011 11:30:05 AM Report Abuse

roland8ball206205 wrote:

MEDIA NEEDS TO HELP SPREAD WORD THAT THESE PLACES TO EAT NEED TO HELP TAKE OUT FATS AN SODIUM FROM THERE MEALS THEY SERVE

8/10/2010 06:52:02 AM Report Abuse

limam11 wrote:

what about the Ninety-Nine? there crispy fish tacos are about 1200 calories, I believe. I usually go for the red pepper hummus appetizer at an estimated 500 calories!

8/9/2010 02:31:19 PM Report Abuse

clearsplash wrote:

could you include not your average joe's next time please?

8/9/2010 11:32:50 AM Report Abuse

cs_pb wrote:

Eating out is WAY over rated!! Keep your money people!

7/23/2010 01:48:15 PM Report Abuse