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Old 08-05-2008, 10:49 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake View Post
About damn time. Sure, many would be against being told what to do and what to eat, but it's a start in promoting a healthier lifestyle.

However, they should open up a Subway instead of a McDonald's in that area.
What makes Subway so much better than McDonald's? Subway's ad campaign that all their stuff is so great for you is BS. Look at their nutritional information. See the fine print:

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Subs with 6 grams of fat or less include wheat bread, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, green peppers and olives. All other sandwich values include cheese unless otherwise noted.

Salads contain meat/poultry, standard vegetables and do not include salad-dressing or croutons.

Addition of other condiments and fixings will alter nutrition values.
So the sub that is so low in calories and fat is half the size for a normal meal AND it has no cheese or condiments. The nutritional information for the salads assumes you eat it without any dressing.

Essentially they are misrepresenting what a typical person is going to eat. To me that borders on false advertising. Get a footlong tuna sub and you are looking at 1100 calories, 60 grams of fat and 2000 mg of sodim. Add in the chips and you are up to about 1500 calories. Add the 32 oz soda and you are at about 2000 calories. It is the same as McDonald's.
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Originally Posted by Willravel View Post
Maybe being friendlier to supermarkets than fast food joints would be a good idea because supermarkets are more likely to generate revenue and attract people to the shopping areas. Ignoring the fact that fast food really isn't cheaper than healthy food, the economic opportunity cost of having a McDonalds, Burger King and Taco Bell instead of a Safeway should be obvious.
Supermarket food is really only better if you are going to cook your own meal. If the intent is to make people healthy then they need to ban supermarkets from selling processed frozen food crap.

People buy fast food because they don't want to cook. Period. If you remove that unhealthy choice they will just make another unhealthy choice.

Last edited by kutulu; 08-05-2008 at 10:52 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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