How Bad Are the 9 Unhealthiest Restaurant Meals?

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How Bad Are the 9 Unhealthiest Restaurant Meals?

June 5, 2009

I nearly lost my lunch upon discovering the nutritional stats of unhealthiest restaurant meals, as determined by the Center For Science in the Public Interest. The group compiled nine menu items for its Xtreme Eating 2009 dishes, and all of them have extreme amounts of saturated fat, calories, and sodium. Can you guess how bad these items really are? Take the quiz!

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earthgoddess 4 years

Thanks, Fit, for reminding me why I never eat out at restaurants.

opentypeA 4 years

Wow, 0/9. Can't beat that.

opentypeA 4 years

Wow, 0/9. Can't beat that.

cloroxcowgirl 4 years

1/9. Wow, I've never eaten at the Cheesecake Factory and now I never will.

RoaringSilence 4 years

That was a hard quiz!

RoaringSilence 4 years

That was a hard quiz!

rodrive 4 years

Never eaten anything on that list.

SunnyMutt 4 years

Wow, those are some awful meals. I cannot believe how phenomenally bad they are. I know fast food and eating out is generally bad for you but these numbers are off the charts; days of calories and sodium and fat in a single part of a meal!

filmgirl81 4 years

This doesn't surprise me at all. Luckily, I haven't even heard of any of these items. I avoid Cheesecake factory if I can help it, and when I go out to eat, I try to only eat 1/3 to 1/2 of my food.

telane 4 years

I have honestly never eaten at Olive Garden or Red Lobster, and this kind of makes me glad! I only got 3/9 and I think it's because I have never ordered anything like that! GROSS. It is also so sad how people who want to eat healthily have to pick their way through most restaurant menus.... a lot of places I go to, I just order a side salad, a side vegetable, and then pick at someone elses' entree.

Spectra 4 years

I only got 4/9 because I seriously never eat stuff like this, so I just picked random answers. All of the options for the possible answers were insanely out of control anyway, so it's not like any of the real answers surprised me. We don't have a Cheesecake Factory near us, so we never go there and I'm not a huge fan of Olive Garden or Chili's, either. I'd much prefer to eat at home so I know exactly what's going into my mouth.

AmandaG 4 years

Things like this only reinforce why I cook at home. Between the amount of things restaurants pit in their meals, the price and the inevitable screaming child or drunk loud adult who always manages to sit by me its just not worth it!

LesleyP825 4 years

I don't think I would order any of those entrees. Gross!!

4 years

If you follow a good diet, exercise plan, you can have these foods every once in a while. There is no sense making yourselves miserable everyday of your life. You are allowed to enjoy food, you know. I think the obsession over dieting and the perfect body is more harmful, mentally and physically than a bunch of french fries. A big sopping hamburger and fries with a big fat ice cream helps me after a long week as a first responder, and I am still in top shape at 30.

4 years

Finding out the salt and fat content is particularly alarming. I agree that portion size is a big problem, and that if you share high-calorie items (or eat a reasonable amount), you'll be okay. But a fifth of the Philly Cheese Skeeze is already too much salt for one meal, and it can't be THAT big that 1/5 of the sandwich would be filling. (Tho, I don't know, I've only been to the CF once, and had an app. Which was huge.) At the end of the day, none of these "foods" are foods--they are poisons. With that much salt and fat, we could make soap. Mmm....Tour-of-Italy Soap. Now that's what America needs.

Leesamurmur 4 years

Ok, seriously - am I the only one who thinks that there should be laws against food like this? I try to always check nutrition info before I leave, but things sound yummy or harmless - like chicken and biscuits - and they have OVER the amount of calories someone should consume in an entire DAY!Restaurants should be forced to include calories/sat.fat/etc on the NORMAL menu for items, especially the extremely unhealthy ones.

Leesamurmur 4 years

Ok, seriously - am I the only one who thinks that there should be laws against food like this? I try to always check nutrition info before I leave, but things sound yummy or harmless - like chicken and biscuits - and they have OVER the amount of calories someone should consume in an entire DAY! Restaurants should be forced to include calories/sat.fat/etc on the NORMAL menu for items, especially the extremely unhealthy ones.

UrbanBohemian 4 years

I have to say, I like the Cheesecake Factory. I don't go there often because I am aware of their portion sizes and how many calories there must be in many of their dishes, but when I'm in the mood to (usually a party mood, and I would normally split a salad and burger with someone or just eat half a meal for myself), I go. I just looked at thisiswhyyourefat.com....and it's gross. No, it's disgusting.

UrbanBohemian 4 years

I have to say, I like the Cheesecake Factory. I don't go there often because I am aware of their portion sizes and how many calories there must be in many of their dishes, but when I'm in the mood to (usually a party mood, and I would normally split a salad and burger with someone or just eat half a meal for myself), I go.I just looked at thisiswhyyourefat.com....and it's gross. No, it's disgusting.

weffie 4 years

no wait, that's OVER twice the RDA! gross!!

weffie 4 years

we don't have most of these places in canada... maybe that's why we're better on the obesity rates (only slightly better, mind you--we still have mcdonald's) :Pbut srsly, over 5,000 mg of sodium in ONE MEAL?! that's sooo disgusting, almost twice the RDA in one sitting! has anyone ever tried the flat iron steak? did you wake up pickled?

weffie 4 years

we don't have most of these places in canada... maybe that's why we're better on the obesity rates (only slightly better, mind you--we still have mcdonald's) :P but srsly, over 5,000 mg of sodium in ONE MEAL?! that's sooo disgusting, almost twice the RDA in one sitting! has anyone ever tried the flat iron steak? did you wake up pickled?

spacekatgal 4 years

Whew, none of the things I like are on this list. Cheesecake factory seems to have a lot of items on this list.

spacekatgal 4 years

Whew, none of the things I like are on this list. Cheesecake factory seems to have a lot of items on this list.

lilkimbo 4 years

I've gotten several of these things before, but I never eat them all in one sitting. (I never eat any entire restaurant meal all in one sitting, for that matter.) For example, I have gotten the Tour of Italy before, which I typically have with salad with either low fat dressing or no dressing, so I only eat about a third of it. Then I eat another third with a salad I make at home the next night, then the last third the night after that. I've also split the ultimate fondue with a table of six as an appetizer. None of these things are particularly healthy, but I believe the portion size is what pushes them over the edge.

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