http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/26/restaurants.calories.reut/index.html ... Many U.S. chain restaurants are promoting "extreme eating" with dishes that pack at least a day's worth of calories and fat, without giving customers facts about their orders, a consumer group said on Monday....
...Jacobson showed reporters an appetizer offered by Uno Chicago Grill that he said contained
2,050 calories. It was a cross between a pizza and stuffed potato skins, with a deep-dish pizza crust crammed with mozzarella and cheddar cheese, mashed potatoes, bacon and sour cream.
Ruby Tuesday's offers an entree called Fresh Chicken & Broccoli Pasta so loaded with cheese and other ingredients that it tipped the scales at
2,060 calories and 128 grams of fat, he said. Jacobson dubbed it "Angioplasta," alluding to angioplasty, a medical procedure to open clogged arteries.
One slice of The Cheesecake Factory's Chris's Outrageous Chocolate Cake had
1,380 calories, with layers of cake, brownies, coconut pecan filling and chocolate-chip coconut cheesecake, the group said.
The average daily calorie requirement is about 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men...
