If and when you do join the line at McDonald's or pull up to the Sonic Drive-In window, what should you choose? That’s a matter of personal taste, of course, and there’s plenty of variety out there, even beyond the obvious. On the other hand, will an occasional cheeseburger or pizza or bucket of fried chicken kill you? Probably not. Eating fast food every day is clearly not a good strategy for a long and healthy life. However much we might claim to disdain the chains that purvey fast food on nutritional and/or aesthetic grounds, the fact is that a lot of us find it pretty irresistible.Īs with most indulgences, the best game plan for enjoying it is simply not to indulge too much. More than 36% of American adults ate fast food on a given day between 20, according to a report on fast food consumption by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and there’s no reason to think that our intake has decreased.
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