Big Mac healthier than NHS hospital food?
A Big Mac is healthier than 75% of National Health Service hospital meals, a recent study conducted in the United Kingdom has revealed.
The study examined twenty five different meals provided by an NHS food supply chain to find that 60% of hospital food contained more salt than the popular McDonald’s burger. 75 % had more saturated fat.
The survey was carried out by Sustain, a campaign group demanding that the government bring compulsory minimum food standards into the NHS.
“Without standards, many meals will remain unhealthy and unappetizing,” said Alex Jackson, a Sustain member. “It’s staggering to think sick patients could be better off eating at McDonald’s.”
The study comes after a bill on transforming hospital food was discussed in parliament for the first time earlier this week.
One case in the study showed that a bowl of curry contained six times more fat than a KFC zinger burger set menu, while another pasta meal served at the hospital contained saturated fat three times the daily recommended amount for an average person.
The study showed that forty percent of the meals contained more saturated fat than a nine inch pepperoni pizza.
Source: The Korea Herald
Image:McDonalds.com.my
Published May 22 2012
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