I happened to go on the Internet, and Yahoo, my homepage, had an article about the worst chain restaurants. It gave a letter grade to 66 chain fast-food places and restaurants. It also gave brief information about each restaurant and a solution. It only showed the D+ and lower. It was mostly judged upon average calorie amounts.
This causes many problems such as these:
1. Many restaurants have just a few bad things. That could hurt the score badly even though it is easy to avoid and could just suggest to avoid it. This is often the case with milkshakes.
2. There are many other factors such as fat, carbs, and sugar that may actually have a bigger effect than calories.
3. Nothing says you must eat out in the first place!!! If you really wanted to be healthy, you wouldn't go out to eat.
Finally, they only gave the worst score (an F) to the restaurants who don't give nutrition facts about their meals. I can see why they would do that, but it's the restaurant's choice. I don't think that's a smart choice on the restaurants part because it makes people suspicious they are hiding bad nutrition. I still don't think it's fair to give them an F because of it. Maybe they could make a note about it, or don't use them at all. You have to give some respect to their choices. In case you're still wondering, these restaurants are IHOP, T.G.I. Friday's, Applebee's, and Outback. It also tells you to call them and keep telling them to make nutrition facts. I think this is VERY unfair and none of our business!
A few messages to summarize this:
1. Be careful with eating out and check nutrition facts.
2. Avoiding all restaurants and fast-food places and cooking for yourself is a much better option!
3. You can't always trust an article about health!!!
Source: http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/26542/americas-unhealthiest-restaurants
Please note that my source is the food judging, not whether or not it's fair.
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