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Ninety-four percent of full service meals and seventy-two percent of fast food meals contained at least 600 kcal.
Practitioners should be aware that many restaurant meals are high in calories, impacting dietary recommendations.
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Ninety four per cent of full service meals and 72% of fast food meals contained at least 600 kcal.
Why this rating
Based on a comprehensive survey of meal energy content.
Source
Measured energy content of frequently purchased restaurant meals: multi-country cross sectional study
Susan B. Roberts et al. · BMJ · 2018
DOI 10.1136/bmj.k4864
cross-sectional · n=223Cited 76×
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