Fast Food Pulls a Fast One

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Fast Food Pulls a Fast One

• Presented by Karen Troendly, MS, RD, LD
• Healthy Start in Child Care

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Outline

• Serving Sizes
• A Look at the Value Meal
• Menu Item Comparisons
• Snack TimeChoosing the Healthier Option
• Additional Tips for Making Healthy Snack Choices
• Tips for Eating Out

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Serving Sizes Are Supposed to Be
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• Bread/Grain
• 1 oz slice
• ½ cup cooked rice, noodles, or cooked cereal
• 1 oz ready-to-eat cereal
• Vegetables
• ½ cup cooked
• 1 cup raw
• Fruits
• ½ cup fruit
• ¾ cup juice
• 1 med. piece of fruit

• Meat
• 2-3 oz meat
• ½ cup cooked dry beans
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp peanut butter
• Milk
• 1 cup milk or yogurt
• 1 ½ oz natural cheese 2 oz processed cheese

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But, The Restaurant Industry Has Made an Impact
on Serving Sizes
A good example is SUPERSIZEDMenu Items at Fast
Food Restaurants
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More food for your money?
Certainly! More FAT and CALORIES
for your money, too, with SUPERSIZED items and
Value Meals!
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The Value Meal
Quarter Pounder w/ cheese
530 Calories 30 grams fat
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Medium Fries 450
Calories 22 grams fat
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Medium Coke (21 fl.oz.) 210 Calories 0
grams fat
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Total 1190 Calories 52 grams of fat
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A Regular Size Meal

• Single cheeseburger 330 Calories 14 grams fat
• Small fries 210 Calories 10 grams fat
• Small beverage (not diet) 150 Calories 0 grams
  fat
• Total 690 Calories 24 grams fat
• (500 less Calories and 28 less grams fat)

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Comparisons
Small Fries 210 Calories 10
grams fat
Super Size Fries 610 Calories 29
grams fat
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The shell adds 420
Calories 30 grams fat
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Small Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard 660
Calories 24 grams fat Med. Chocolate Chip
Cookie Dough Blizzard 950 Calories 36 grams fat

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Salads
Italian Chef Salad 260 Calories 21 grams
fat Pasta Salad 590 Calories 25 grams
fat Garden Salad 30 Calories 0 grams fat Ranch
Dressing 150 Calories 17 grams fat Low-Cal
Italian Dressing 50 Calories 5 grams fat
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Chicken Breast Fillet Sandwich 430
Calories 16 grams fat Grilled Chicken Sandwich
300 Calories 7 grams fat
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Toward Smarter Snacks
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Did you know that a large bucket of popcorn and
20 oz non-diet soda is 1,873 calories and enough
snack for
3 Sumo Wrestlers!!!
Prevention Nov. 2002
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1 oz potato chips 150 Calories 10
grams fat
1 oz hard pretzels 110 Calories 2
grams fat
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• Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers

• Frito-Lay Tostitos

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Quick Breakfasts
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1 med. (3 oz) Bagel 1
oz Reduced-fat Cream Cheese 300 Calories
7 grams fat
2 oz Chocolate Iced Donut 260 Calories 14
grams fat
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1 Sausage Biscuit 410 Calories 28
grams fat
1 Cup Frosted Bite-size Mini-Wheats 1 Cup 1
milk 320
Calories 3.5 grams fat
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½ cup Vanilla Ice Cream (16 fat) 170
Calories 10 grams fat
½ cup Vanilla Low-fat Frozen Yogurt 140
Calories 3 grams fat
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2.1 oz Baby Ruth candy bar 280 Calories 12
grams fat
1 Quaker Chewy granola bar (Baby Ruth
flavored) 120 Calories 3 grams fat
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2 oz fat free deli turkey 2
pieces (2 oz) wheat bread 190 Calories 2
grams fat
2 oz fat free deli turkey 1
large croissant (2.5 oz) 350 Calories 18
grams fat
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Additional Tips for Selecting Healthy Snacks

• Choose fruits and vegetables. Keep them on hand.
  They make good finger-food snacks for children.
• Read labels. Select snacks that have 3 grams or
  less of total fat per 100 Calories.
• Pay attention to the serving size!

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Tips For Eating Out

• Avoid fried foods!!!
• Order smaller portions. Ask for half portions.
• Share an entrée with a friend.
• Ask for a doggie bag, and put half of your food
  in the take-home container before starting to
  eat.
• Ask for salad dressings on the side.
• Order items without mayonnaise. Ask for mustard
  instead.

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References

• www.mcdonalds.com
• www.dairyqueen.com
• www.wendys.com
• www.fazolis.com
• Prevention Nov. 2002
• The DOCTORS Pocket Calorie, Fat Carbohydrate
  Counter www.CalorieKing.com
• www.ces.ncsu.edu
• www.quakerchewy.com
• Wall Street Journal, Health Journal, July 29,
  2003