Nobody Orders Fast-Food Salads, But That's Not the Real Problem

It doesn't take much to figure out why healthier menu options like salads and apple slices don't sell as well as the burgers, fries and Double Downs at fast-food joints.

"If I wanted something healthy, I would not even stop in at McDonald's," Jonathan Ryfiak, a 24-year-old trapeze instructor in New York, told AP business reporter Christina Rexrode.


Ryfiak "watches his diet at home, but orders comfort foods like chicken nuggets and fries when he hits a fast-food joint," Rexrode reported.

So do most people. That's why we go to fast-food joints in the first place. Even if we intend to order the healthier option, once we cross the restaurant's threshold, who can resist the wafting scents of egg and cheese, freshly fried chicken and broiled, juicy meat? "Food choices are often made on impulse, not intellect," Rexrode noted — which helps explain why two-thirds of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese.  Continue

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