plate offering their chicken Caesar salads and garden salads with Kraft Premium .
Dressing. .
But are the new menu items more nutritious -- or are they just .
healthier-looking? The new craze in fast-food salads is not very healthy. .
Studies show that the salads are higher in fat, saturated fat, calories and .
cholesterol than a Big Mac. For appearance and taste, the salads rely heavily on .
breaded chicken, cheese and calorie-laden dressings. Without it all you have left .
is iceberg lettuce, which hardly has any nutritional value.
It doesn't just stop there at salads. Menus also include baked potatoes, .
veggie burgers, gyros, bottled water, chili, and salad. Even Arby's expanded their .
roast beef sandwich line to include Market Fresh Sandwiches. These sandwiches .
range from Roast Beef and Swiss to Roast Chicken Caesar.
So why the trend? Research shows that the fast food industry is taking .
blame for the increased obesity rates in children and adults. In recent reports .
more than six to 10 adults are overweight or obese. And the number of .
overweight children is on the rise. .
Portion size has also been a culprit. Critics of fast-food portions argue that .
they lower income groups are being taken advantage of. Patrons are encouraged .
to "Supersize" or order a "Value Meal" -offering a bigger size for a few cents .
more. Therefore you are consuming more calories, fat, and sodium. .
Or they could be marketing to those that are obsessed with their body .
image. It is such a growing concern in America that everyone wants a perfect .
body. With celebrities being exploited all over magazines, we are forced to look .
up to them. We compare ourselves to them and go to great lengths to match the .
media's image of a perfect body. We go on diets, use steroids, have cosmetic .
surgery, and develop eating disorders, and create lifelong cycle of low self-.
esteem.
Whatever the real reason of the trend, I think it for the better. It does make .
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