Group says U.S. restaurants promote "extreme eating" - most unhealthy chain restaurant dishes

WASHINGTON (Reuters)-Many U. S.
A consumer group said on Monday that chain restaurants are promoting "extreme diets" that contain at least a day's calories and fat without the fact that orders are provided to customers.
Display restaurant products including cheeseladen chicken-and-
The pasta, which they call the "quilt plant", officials at the public interest Science Center said the dish helped push the national epidemic of obesity and heart disease.
They urged local, state and national governments to have restaurants list nutrition data on the menu.
Michael Jacobson, executive director of the group, aimed at the "table --
Service chain dining like rubies Tuesday and Chicago grille.
Such places are increasingly filling dishes with extra unhealthy ingredients, he said.
"What we found was the table --
The service restaurant has entered a new era of extreme eating, "Jacobson said.
"If we are going to deal with the prevalence of obesity and the severe prevalence of heart attacks and strokes, we have to do something about food in restaurants.
Jacobson's team is often critical of a variety of restaurant foods.
Some critics laughed at the group as self-contained.
Appointed food police.
Jacobson showed reporters the appetizers offered by the Uno Chicago Grill, which he said contained 2,050 calories.
This is the cross between pizza and stuffed potato skins, which is very deep.
Pizza crust with mozzarella cheese and cheddar cheese, mashed potatoes, bacon and sour cream.
Ruby Tuesday, he said, offers a main course called "fresh chicken and broccoli pasta," which is filled with cheese and other things, tilted for 2,060 calories and 128 grams of fat.
Jacobson referred to it as a "vascular patch," referring to vascular formation, a medical procedure for opening blocked arteries.
Chris's Outrageous chocolate cake from the Cheesecake Factory contains a piece of 1,380 calories, cake, Brownie, coconut pecan stuffing and chocolate --
Coconut cheesecake, the group says.
The average daily calorie demand for women is about 2,000, compared with 2,500 for men.
The National Restaurant Association says many restaurants offer nutritional information about the menu and almost all have healthy dishes.
"Noting that some menu items in selected several restaurants are high in heat, the fare to promote them to all restaurants is misleading and inaccurate, and whether the public will be seriously injured, the association said in a statement.
Jacobson says the restaurant has enough time to volunteer nutrition data such as calories, fat and salt content, but many do not
These data are often difficult to find.
"The restaurant has the right to make these foods and you have the right to eat them," Jacobson said . ".
"But I think at least these restaurants should provide information to consumers to enable them to make some decent eating choices.