Health Highlights: Aug. 28, 2018

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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Cheesecake Factory’s Breakfast Burrito Tops Latest Xtreme Eating Awards

The Cheesecake Factory’s Breakfast Burrito and Chili’s Honey-Chipotle Crispers & Waffles are among the most unhealthy dishes you can get at chain restaurants in the United States.

That’s according to the latest Xtreme Eating Awards handed out by the Nutrition Action Healthletter, published by the nonprofit advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, The New York Times reported.

The Cheesecake Factory’s Breakfast Burrito has 2,730 calories (more than a day’s worth), 4,630 milligrams of sodium (two days’ worth) and 73 grams of saturated fat (more than three days’ worth).

In order to equal that amount of harm to your heart and waistline, you’d have to eat seven of McDonald’s sausage McMuffins, according to Nutrition Action.

An average person should consume 2,000 calories a day, including snacks.

Chili’s Honey-Chipotle Crispers & Waffles has 2,510 calories, 40 grams of saturated fat, 4,480 milligrams of sodium and 105 grams (26 teaspoons) of sugar. That’s the equivalent of eating five Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts with 30 McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets and five packets of barbecue sauce, The Times reported.

Another leading threat to you heart is the Cheesecake Factory’s pizza that has “Chopped chicken breast coated with bread crumbs, covered with marinara sauce and lots of melted cheese,” and “topped with angel hair pasta in an Alfredo cream sauce.”

It has 1,870 calories, 55 grams of saturated fat and 3,080 milligrams of sodium.

The all-time Xtreme Eating winner, announced in 2015, is Red Lobster’s Create Your Own Combination shrimp meal. To equal its 2,710 calories and 6,530 milligrams of sodium, you’d have to work through a KFC meal of an eight-piece bucket of fried chicken, four side orders of mashed potatoes with gravy, four pieces of corn on the cob and eight packets of buttery spread, The Times reported.

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