Everyone knows how unhealthy fast food is for you. This is why fast food restaurants try to advertise their apple slices/dippers, yogurt, baked chips, etc. However, who really goes to a fast food restaurant for their life-changing apple dippers or their mind-blowing yogurt? Very few people; most people go to these places because they're quick easy food that tastes good.

 I surveyed 50 random high school students from Underwood and asked them what their favorite restaurant is between Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Arby's and Wendy's. Burger King won with 14 of the votes, Arby's placed 2nd with 12 votes, McDonalds placed 3rd with 11 votes, then came Taco Bell with 9 votes, and Wendy's finished with a slim 4 votes. I did some researching on all of these restaurants' number one value meal with a Coke or Pepsi (this is often the thing that each restaurants sells the most) to look up the calories,grams of fat and carbs on all of the restaurant websites. According to Bk.com a Whopper Meal has 1,200 calories, 55 grams of fat, and 151 carbs. Mcdonalds.com said that a Big Mac Meal has 1,130 calories, 48 grams of fat and 151 carbs. Tacobell.com said that Taco Bell's Beefy Five Layer Burrito Meal w/nachos has 1,120 calories, 42 grams of fat, and 150 carbs. Arbys.com said that Arby's Roast Beef Classic Meal has 990 calories, 38 grams of fat, and 142 carbs. Wendys.com said that Wendy's Dave's Hot and Juicy 1/4 Meal has 1070 calories, 48 grams of fat, and 127 carbs. The average calorie intake per day should be somewhere around 2,000(this also varies on many things). When you have one meal that is already in the 1,000s for calories that can easily make you go over the 2,000 you should get a day. Then on top of that some of these meals have more then 50 grams of fat in them. Plus that ketchup that you dip your fries in, or that cheese that you put on your nachos adds up to even more calories,fat and carbs. Fast food may be convenient and quick, but if you eat it too much of it you will find yourself overweight and unhealthy.

 So, instead of going out to a Burger King or a McDonalds whenever you want a cheeseburger consider making it at home, it will be ALOT healthier.