Kelly Tyko USA TODAY Published 7:49 AM EST Nov 16, 2018 Here's a reason to consider eating fast food Friday. Nov. 16 is National Fast Food Day and as with many of these made-up holidays, fast food chains are celebrating with freebies and deals. Wendy's has a freebie that extends a week and it isn't a one-time deal. Through Nov. 23 with any purchase and the Wendy's app, you can get a free Junior Bacon Cheeseburger. Like with its big deal for National Cheeseburger Day in September, this offer will reset daily but can only be used once a day. Registration in the app, available for Apple and Android devices, also is required. The Junior Bacon Cheeseburger costs $2.09 at most locations but prices can vary. For a limited time, Wendy's has $1 any size fries and participating locations are selling Frosty Key Tags, while supplies last. Pay $2 and get a free junior Frosty treat throughout 2019 with the tag and any other purchase. More: Wendy's French … [Read more...] about National Fast Food Day 2018: Wendy’s giving away free cheeseburgers
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Big rise in fast food outlets
By Ismail Khwaja Despite calls to prevent the UK's growing obesity crisis, the number of fast food outlets across Kent has risen sharply.In 2010, there were a total of 655 but that has risen to 775 today.Medway has also followed the same trend, with 165 fast food outlets now, compared to 135 eight years ago.Scroll down for audio and video It comes at a time when the latest NHS figures revealed almost 4% of Year Six children are severely obese in the county, which is up from 3.5% five years ago and just below the national figure of 4.2% - a record high.Medway director of public health, James Williams, said: “To make a direct link between fast food outlets and obesity is probably not the way I’d term it because that would be too simplistic.“Fast food outlets on their own are not the problem; it’s if you’re eating in there every day."It’s very reasonable to say if you eat fast food all of the time, you’re going to take on board lots of excess … [Read more...] about Big rise in fast food outlets
‘Just what we need, more fast food!’
The news that Burger King could be on its way back to Hartlepool has set tongues wagging across the town. The Hartlepool branch of the fast food outlet closed in 2015 before its building was taken over by Frankie and Benny's. Now, planning permission has been lodged to build a new Burger King restaurant at Teesbay Retail Park, which would be open from 5am until midnight daily. A whopping number of you would love to see restaurant return. Seventy per cent of those who voted in a Hartlepool Mail online poll said they would like to see Burger King back in Hartlepool.Despite the numbers being heavily in favour of Burger King's return, many have questioned whether or not Hartlepool needs another fast food restaurant or takeaway in the comments on our Facebook page. There were calls last week for Peri-Peri chicken restaurant Nando's to open in Hartlepool, along with a Toby Carvery as a close second.Some also made the case for new shops and leisure facilities to come to Hartlepool … [Read more...] about ‘Just what we need, more fast food!’
CDC: More Than a Third of American Adults Eat Fast Food Daily
The data reveals that every day of the year, 36.5 percent of American adults consume fast food. That works out to nearly 85 million Americans eating fast food daily. However, the CDC didn't specify whether that figure has increased or decreased since 2016. CC0 / PixabaySuicide Rates Climb Dramatically Across US, CDC Report Finds However, who is eating all this fast food may surprise you. The report reveals that nearly 45 percent of Americans between the ages of 20 and 39 eat fast food daily, while only 24.1 percent of those 60 years old and above exhibit the same eating habits. In addition, surprisingly, the CDC found that people with higher incomes are more likely to eat fast food, although poor diets are typically associated with poverty. The study also found that men tend to eat fast food for lunch, while women are more likely to eat fast food as a snack. In addition, the CDC found that African … [Read more...] about CDC: More Than a Third of American Adults Eat Fast Food Daily
U.S. kids eating more fast food, healthier offerings not helping
Children in the U.S. are eating fast food more often, and despite restaurant chains' commitments to offer healthier options with kids' meals, most kids still get unhealthy drinks and side items with their meals. A new survey of 800 parents shows that in 2016, 91 percent reported purchasing lunch or dinner for their child in the past week at one of the four largest chains in the country: McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, and Subway. That number is up from 79 percent in 2010. The researchers from Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut suggest that one of the reasons families are visiting fast food restaurants more frequently is the restaurants' claims that they've replaced sugary soft drinks and greasy French fries in kids' meals with healthier options like fruit and yogurt, 100-percent juice, low-fat milk, and water. However, once families are actually in the restaurants, kids are still eating the less-healthy options, with the healthier … [Read more...] about U.S. kids eating more fast food, healthier offerings not helping