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Book reveals 20 worst foods in America
January 27, 2009
NEW YORK — "Eat This, Not That!" authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding revealed this year's list of the "Worst Foods in America," compiled from their popular book series. The annual list ranks the nation's worst nutritional offenders at major chain restaurants across the country, while offering healthier alternatives at each establishment.
The authors spent the past year scouring the menus of the America's most popular chain restaurants to determine which foods warrant a "worst" ranking. Zinczenko and Goulding start by analyzing calorie counts, but also take into consideration a cluster of other nutritional markers: fat, saturated fat, sodium levels and added sugar.
Topping the 2009 list is Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake, which contains more calories (2,600) than 49 Oreo cookies, more sugar (263 grams) than 20 bowls of Froot Loops, and three days' worth of saturated fat.
The duo also named Uno Chicago Grill's Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza as the worst pizza of 2009. The pizza is 2,310 calories, has 162 g fat and 4,470 mg sodium. They recommend instead consumers order the Cheese and Tomato Flatbread Pizza (individual) and a House Side Salad with Fat-Free Vinaigrette with 755 calories, 30 g fat and 1,815 mg sodium.
Click here to see the full list of 20 foods by category with nutrional information for each item.
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