Goodbye Chick-fil-A, Hello Chickpeas! A report indicating the healthiest and most
hazardous hospital meals was recently released.
It is well known that many hospitals host fast food restaurants like
McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Chick-fil-As.
However, it seems a bit strange for health and wellness promoting
hospitals to give consumers easy access to buy food linked to several chronic
diseases. Knowing this, it does not come
as a surprise to hear that the report shows the fast food free hospitals
scoring the highest, and the hospitals hosting fast food scoring the lowest.
On January 25th, a
campaign was launched by The Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine encouraging hospitals to go
#fastfoodfree. The majority of the
states with high rates of diet-related diseases have hospitals with Chick-fil-A
restaurants. In response to the growing
number of fast food chains in hospitals, advertisements were placed in 20 cities
that display doctors holding signs with the slogan “eat more chickpeas,” a play
on Chick-fil-A’s “eat more chickin.”
The
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine hopes that this campaign will
encourage hospitals to rethink their menu options and start offering healthier
food choices. Be sure to check out www.eatmorechickpeas.org for contact
information, including twitter handles, for the hospitals that host
Chick-fil-As. PCRM is urging everyone to
join the movement by asking your local hospital to go #fastfoodfree.
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