Supersize Meals and Their Calories

Have you ever wondered how many calories is in your dinner that looks kind of large, whether you are eating at a fast food restaurant or a sit down family restaurant? In a report, "Children's menus supersize the calories" written by Nanci Hellmich states that, "A child's grilled cheese sandwich, french fries and a soda total more than 1000 calories at one chain restaurant" (Hellmich). More and more children are become obese because of the amount of calories they intake from these oversized meals. In some restaurants they make their portions bigger, therefore more calorie intake for the costumer who is eating this food.

In the two charts above show how much calories we are supposed to eat a day and how many calories there are in some of their food. For example a 13 year old male who does not exercise moderately, eats a Whopper with fries and a soda is going to be well over 670 calories. That is more then a quarter of how much he should eat per day. In the gray chart, it compares the huge burgers with the salads that are available to order.

Fast food restaurants are starting to put the amount of calories that the meal has onto the menu. These fast food chains should have done this a long time ago. So that their costumers can see how much of their day's calories they are consuming with just one burger, fries, and a drink. In the like below is an article on how McDonald's is starting to put the calories on their menu. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/business/mcdonalds-to-start-posting-calorie-counts.html?_r=0