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Study: Restaurants Lie About Calorie Count

Study: Restaurants Lie About Calorie Count
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Dieters can't believe everything they read: The food at many popular chain restaurants and in the freezer section of the supermarket may contain a lot more calories than advertised. A study of 10 chain restaurants, including Wendy's and Ruby Tuesday, found that the number of calories in 29 meals or other menu items was an average of 18 percent higher than listed.
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Count Calorie Lie Restaurants Study

Maybe they are guessing at the toppings that the average person adds to the food thus the reason for the higher calorie count.

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That, plus the fact that the calorie count is by serving size, and EVEN single serving meals, some have more than one serving in them, plus, I"m sure they have other creative adding/subtracting tactics to make the calorie count lower, like not including some of the ingredients of the sandwich.