New costa meal deal is irresponsible

[Habanero]

Costa have just launched a lunchtime meal deal with a toastie, crisps and a coffee. The one pictured on the ad with a cheese and ham toastie and a latte contains 754 calories, 34g fat, 15.4g saturated fat and 2.1g salt. You can cut off a bit of the calories and fat by opting for lower-fat milk, but it’s still a third of an adult’s daily calories with no source of fibre and no fruit or veg. This sort of thing normalises overeating: by making this a “meal deal” the company is presenting this as a normal lunch option, psychologically nudging people towards consuming an energy-rich, nutritionally poor midday meal.

Clearly it’s a first world problem and we all have choices and don’t need to buy this, but it’s the normalisation of overeating like this which I think has done more than anything to raise obesity levels. AIBU?

we are sleepwalking to easily consuming over 2000 calories a day without even realising it

I would hope so. 2000 cals a day is a perfectly normal and healthy amount a day to consume.

2000 is fine
But people easily go over without even realising - or even feeling that ‘full’

Then it’s 2500 , 3000

Anyway I am not telling people stuff they don’t already know . But this over consumption has so many implications over and above health and it’s wrong . IMHO

You just said it wasn't fine, make your mind up

Crikey. Does EVERYONE really eat from coffee shops every day anyway? Never mind the calorie value what about the actual cost! £££

I said we are sleepwalking to eating OVER 2000 calories . My mind is clear in this issue

I ate the abominable meal. Toastie, crisps and Americano. 500 kcal I believe. It was nice.