According to the New York Times article, "Calories Are Listed, But Teens Don't Care," about a third of teens ate fast food six days a week, study found . During my time in Lake Placid and even now, I find myself falling into these bad habits. The problem with fast food is the amount of calories in each meal. According to the study in the same New York Times article, “The study found that most teens underestimated the number of calories they consumed, some by as much as 466 calories.” But if someone asked you how many calories are in a single McDonald's Big Mac, what would you guess? 150 calories? 200? 300? No, the answer is 563 for Big Mac, that's not even counting the fries and a drink. Therefore, a full meal at a fast food restaurant, such as McDonald's, contains approximately 1,313 calories. The suggested amount of calories for an active teenager is between 2,600 and 3,200 calories per day. So eating a meal at a fast food restaurant takes up about half of the calories you can take in for the meal