From an article:
"Restaurant food is bad for us. You may assume that anything you order at a drive-thru is less than sterling in a nutritional sense, but, in fact, the majority of what we eat at restaurants — even ones with helpful waiters and real tablecloths — is worse for us than we might ever imagine.
A study from the University of Arkansas that found the average diner in this country underestimates his or her caloric intake by up to 93 percent when eating out. Translation: Every time you eat at a restaurant, you're probably eating twice as much as you think."
Yikes! Now, i'm always a little wary of stats that say "up to" x percent ... but still pretty interesting.
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I read that to mean that people just don't realize that the Baconator has 1800 calories in it. Or that the "portion" of a box of fries that = 120 calories is NOT what they actually ate.
Better example: I ordered angelhair pasta from Average Joe's on Friday. I estimated it as 3 cups. I may well have eaten 5 cups of pasta. I probably underestimated the amount (and subsequently, the calories).
yes, i think you read it exactly right.
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