"The End of Overeating"

The Washington Post April 27, 2009. Crave Man, by Lyndsey Layton.

Regarding David Kessler's dumpster diving for ingredient labels at Chile's, the second-largest restaurant chain in the US.

"The labels showed the foods were bathed in salt, fat, and sugars, beyond what a diner might expect by reading the menu, Kessler said. The ingredient list for Southwestern Eggrolls mentioned salt eight different times; sugars showed up five times. The "egg rolls," which are deep-fried in fat, contain chicken that has been chopped up like meatloaf to give it a "melt in the mouth" quality that also makes it faster to eat. By the time a diner has finished this appetizer, she has consumed 910 calories, 56 grams of fat, and 1,960 milligrams of sodium. Instead of satisfying hunger, the salt-fat-sugar combination will stimulate that diner's brain to crave more, Kessler said."