Docs find something good to say about fast food

03 July 2015 - 02:24
By ©The Daily Telegraph

You might think a meal at an expensive restaurant was better for you than a greasy burger, but a new study has found that restaurant meals can be just as unhealthy as fast food. Professor Ruopeng An, at the University of Illinois, studied eight years of health data on about 18000 adults in the US.She found that although people who ate at restaurants did consume more healthy nutrients - including vitamins, potassium and omega-3 fatty acids - than those who visited fast-food outlets, they took in ...

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