In 2004, NBC covered the story behind the infamous McDonalds' decision to cut off their super sized meal. By popular demand, the McDonald's company was persuaded to end the super size meal, which was causing obesity problems and just plain out right glutton. NBC interviewed a couple lucky persons who both said the super size meal was in fact, a waste of food. But that was only part of the reason, McDonald's also claimed that not enough super sized meals were being sold to create a large enough profit. However, after looking more into this topic, I discovered McDonald's still offers the super size meal. This article makes you wonder; are there really people out there who attempt to eat an entire super sized meal? If so, what do their medical records like today?
The McDonald's website offers the calorie content for all of their food products. The Big Mac alone is 770 calories, a small fry is 230 calories, and the average calorie content in a small soda is 150. That comes to a total of 1,150 calories in the most popular American fast food meal. Or maybe instead you decide you want a hot chocolate on a cool winters morning, well, that's already 300 calories to start off your day. McDonald's claims to be improving their health standards in regards to the caloric and fat content in their foods, however; still an overwhelmingly large number of their products are high in fat and over 500 calories. Contrary to this article's purpose, I actually enjoy the occasional McDonald's meal, unfortunately; McDonald's is very unhealthy, and if you do choose McDonald's really consider the food you choose. A happy meal leads to unhappy hips.
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