Monday, February 04, 2008

Fast Food By The Numbers

1 - Rank of burgers among the most popular guilty pleasures (especially from McDonald's the top choice of fast food by a landslide)

46 - Percentage of respondents who eat fast food at least once a week

52 - Percentage whose children do the same

17 - Percentage of respondents who admit to craving fast food every day (only 7 percent indulge, however)

3 - Number of months 23 percent would rather abstain from sex than forgo fast food. (Oh my God! Get a life people! Fast food over sex? I mean they're not even giving up sex for GOOD food....just fast food. They must be accustomed to BAD sex......or fast sex.....which is bad sex.)

38 - Percentage who skip healthy options at fast food franchises because they either have no interest or dislike them.

19 - Percentage who say they feel disgusted with themselves after succumbing to a craving.

62 - Percentage who believe that when it comes down to knowing the details of fast food preparation, ignorance is bliss.

Source: Survey of 7.060 respondents in a poll conducted on oprah.com.


O Magazine Oct 2006 pg 69

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