When budgets and schedules
are tight, it makes sense that people feel an even stronger impulse
to whip through the drive-through for dinner. It's hard not to
consider a value meal, even if it's not one of the healthier
items on the menu, when it only costs a few dollars for a full
plate (or tray or bag, as the case may be) of food.
The Cancer Project, a nonprofit cancer prevention organization that
is linked with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine,
is concerned that these economic times are not just driving people
to eat more fast food, but to regularly consume meals full of
unhealthy ingredients.
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