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Researchers used information from fast-food chains, and estimated the average "upsize" costs a fast-food diner only 67 cents more. That 67 cents buys an average of 400 extra calories. What a bargain, right?
However, for every 100 calories a person eats beyond his daily needs, the costs of additional food to fuel you as a larger person, medical care associated with obesity, and gasoline for transporting heavier people can rise as much as $2. The heavier a person is, the greater the cost.
Your 67 cent savings just cost you $2. Not a lot right now, but it can add up.
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6-01-2006 @6:51AM Hawk said... I still think it's stupid that if you pay 5 bucks and get a tiny burger, or a tiny portion of food at a french restaurant for 60 bux, you feel ripped off..
but it's totally okay to pay 'just a little more!' and get a gigantic portion of say, chinese food, which will easily make you far fatter and impact your life more than being 'ripped off' on food will.
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6-01-2006 @8:45AM Buck Q. Fitch said... It doesn't take research to figure that out.
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6-01-2006 @9:43AM Blue Balloon said... I never order combo meal. Only doublt cheeseburger, I order two, cost only 2 bucks for lunch and I drink water at work.
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6-01-2006 @9:58AM atom probe said... That's great and all, but who's to say that those are really calories beyond daily needs? Not EVERYONE who occasionally eats out is unfit/negligent with their diet.
As Blue Balloon points out, the fries+drink are often the profit centers--even when you pay a little less for them in a combo meal. So sometimes, it does make financial sense to order a second sandwich rather than a value meal.
I like large portions, as they often make for better take home for grazing (and eating multiple small meals has often been noted as being healthier than single large ones).
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6-01-2006 @12:04PM Baron said... I'm with Atom on this one... What is to say that the larger size is over your daily limit. I REALLY try to not go with the larger size when I go out, but some places, like Back Yard Burger and Chick Filet(sp?), have very small poritions of fries (waffle cut) if you don't. Many times, that is a person's only meal that day and those extra 400 cals help fuel them. I know when I'm on the road home (850 miles from here) I will usually just grab one fast food meal on the road and it needs to keep me full for 12 hours. But, in general, I suppose that I agree. Eating more than you really need is bad! :)
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