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by rondon2 4190 days ago
The person who eats 2,000 calories in one sitting at burger king is much more likely to make a Frozen Pizza at home than a Arugula salad and Grilled fish.
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There is no reason to suppose this.

My wife eats salads all the time at home and packs them for lunch, but whenever we go to a fast food joint, she orders the Big Mac and fries specifically because she doesn't eat them at home and doesn't feel like eating healthy. (That's why we got fast food in the first place)

Fun Fact: two slices of digiorno pepperoni (1/3 of the pizza) is still only 640 calories. So even if this person does cook a frozen pizza at home, it would still be a lot healthier. An egg omelet with coffee, a salad for lunch plus some fruit, and two slices of pizza plus some cookies for dinner would be approximately 2,000 calories.

http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/nutritionfacts.p...

A Big Mac is 530 and a Large Fry is 530. Your example is off by about 50%.