Truthfully, how often do your kids eat fast food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are the family of immigrants. We do not eat fast food, food high in sugar at home and do not drink ANY sugary drinks. Water, milk and tea only. Sometimes my kids will get a hamburger at a restaurant, but not often. All of us are very healthy weight.

Oh calm down immigrant. Plenty of American eat like this as well. I’m a third generation American (great grandparents from Germany) and grandparents cooked at home and did not allow sugar, I was raised much the same.

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Not that often, maybe once every two months, but that said, we order out a few times a month from restaurants and the food is just as unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t eat at McDonald’s/kfc/Taco Bell type places because we are vegetarian. My teen daughter actually just remarked today on how she remembers only getting like a biscuit or similar once or twice because a relative took her.

Now we do eat at subway, noodles and company and get pizza from various places. So she’s definitely not deprived. But doesn’t eat fast food.

If you are vegetarian you might want to reconsider Taco Bell. They have gotten certified vegetarian items on their menu. Much bigger selection than Subway.

Vegetarian here who can confirm.

[Anonymous]

Once a week, Chik-fil-a. Sometimes McDs if he really likes the Happy meal toys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Several times a week if not more. My kids are in college so they eat whatever they want.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are the family of immigrants. We do not eat fast food, food high in sugar at home and do not drink ANY sugary drinks. Water, milk and tea only. Sometimes my kids will get a hamburger at a restaurant, but not often. All of us are very healthy weight.

Oh calm down immigrant. Plenty of American eat like this as well. I’m a third generation American (great grandparents from Germany) and grandparents cooked at home and did not allow sugar, I was raised much the same.

Most immigrant food is high in carbs, fat and salt.

Aldo not many vegetables.

[Anonymous]

My 15 year old daughter has a job making over $17 an hour. Minimum wage. She frequently goes to sweet green, chipotle, and other quick serve restaurants with her friends. Dropping $30 for fast food meal is nothing to her because all her earnings are fun money.
But before she was employed, we would go to Wendy’s 2-3 times a year when driving. Anything else was too expensive and not worth it from a taste perspective. My husband, son and I had food poisoning at cava so we have another reason besides cost not to go. A lot of these places just makes u feel sluggish so we avoid.

[Anonymous]

mmm this is fun.

My midwest kids eat Popeyes or Wendy's or Culver's or Dominos once a week. More if we're traveling.

Of all the hills to die on, this is not the one I'm choosing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are Cava and Chipotle fast food? If so, weekly. If you mean McD, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, etc, never.

Yes - they aren't fast food but just as bad. High fat and sodium. A granola bar vs a snickers bar. It is marketed as being healthier.

This.

People fool themselves into thinking these foods are healthy.

Why is it that you think every single bite of food you eat must be nutrient dense/healthy/meaningful? Fast food once a week really isn’t a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t eat at McDonald’s/kfc/Taco Bell type places because we are vegetarian. My teen daughter actually just remarked today on how she remembers only getting like a biscuit or similar once or twice because a relative took her.

Now we do eat at subway, noodles and company and get pizza from various places. So she’s definitely not deprived. But doesn’t eat fast food.

Subway is fast food and it’s foul. I would think they get their ingredients at a discount distributor who specializes in almost expired items. Low quality. Pizza is fast food.

You can get vegetarian items at every fast food place

[Anonymous]

How did no one mention Boston Market ? They are healthy.

I don't think the menus are all that different. Chicken nuggets have high fat and sodium, grilled chicken nuggets only has a small amount of fat and sodium.

The salads have all the info needed to make a decision.

It’s really what you choose to eat there. 4 chicken nuggets instead of 12. Small French fires instead of large. Plain hamburger instead of Big Mac.

Common sense don’t overeat and choose the healthiest and there’s not a problem.

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1-2x / month

[Anonymous]

Very rarely, maybe once or twice a year when traveling. We definitely eat junk food, just at home, and rarely eat out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are the family of immigrants. We do not eat fast food, food high in sugar at home and do not drink ANY sugary drinks. Water, milk and tea only. Sometimes my kids will get a hamburger at a restaurant, but not often. All of us are very healthy weight.

Oh calm down immigrant. Plenty of American eat like this as well. I’m a third generation American (great grandparents from Germany) and grandparents cooked at home and did not allow sugar, I was raised much the same.

Most immigrant food is high in carbs, fat and salt.

Aldo not many vegetables.

Did you really just write that? I hope it was supposed to be a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t eat at McDonald’s/kfc/Taco Bell type places because we are vegetarian. My teen daughter actually just remarked today on how she remembers only getting like a biscuit or similar once or twice because a relative took her.

Now we do eat at subway, noodles and company and get pizza from various places. So she’s definitely not deprived. But doesn’t eat fast food.

Subway is fast food and it’s foul. I would think they get their ingredients at a discount distributor who specializes in almost expired items. Low quality. Pizza is fast food.

You can get vegetarian items at every fast food place

+1. Burger King has an impossible burger, and Taco Bell was the go-to option even when I was a vegan college student 25 years ago. McDonald’s used to have salads, but now it’s just fries and egg McMuffins or fish if you eat that. Subway is gross and if you’re going to eat gross, you may as well get fries with it.