When eating fast food is it particularly difficult to select foods which satisfy your nutritional goals. However, it is possible, with extra care, to select healthier foods from take-away outlets using our guide below.

McDonalds Restaurants

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Better Choices

  • Hot cakes and syrup (no butter)
  • Muffins and jam (no butter)
  • Junior burger
  • Fruit juice
  • Roast Chicken Salad
  • Garden Mixed Salad
  • Chicken Foldover
  • Vege Burger
  • Muffin Lite
  • Berrynice Yoghurt Crunch

Poor Choices

  • Other burgers
  • McNuggets
  • Fillet O Fish
  • Fries
  • Apple pies
  • Thickshakes and sundaes

Pizza Restaurants (e.g. Pizza Hut)

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Better Choices

  • Thick crust vegetarian with small quantity of cheese
  • Thick crust seafood with small quantity of cheese

Poor Choices

  • High fat toppings, eg salami, olives, ham, bacon, cheese

Pancake Restaurants (e.g. Pancake Parlour)

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Better Choices

  • Crepes/pancakes with vegetables (tomato sauce) or lean chicken or seafood
  • Crepes/pancakes with fruit fillings, syrup or lemon and sugar (no whipped butter)

Poor Choices

  • Crepes/pancakes with cream sauces
  • Whipped butter on dessert crepes
  • Ice cream

Subway Restaurants

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Better Choices

  • Ham roll
  • Roast beef roll
  • Subway club
  • Turkey breast roll
  • Garden salad

Poor Choices

  • BMT roll
  • Meatball roll
  • Oven roasted chicken roll
  • Seafood roll
  • Tuna roll
  • Spicy Italian roll
  • Subway melt

Hamburger Bar

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Better Choices

  • Plain hamburger, no margarine on bun, raw onions, salad
  • Low-fat fruit smoothie
  • 100% fruit juice

Poor Choices

  • Cheese burger
  • bacon burger
  • the "lot"
  • fries / potato chips
  • thickshakes

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Restaurants

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Better Choices

  • BBQ chicken (no skin or stuffing)
  • Spicy skinless chicken
  • Bread rolls
  • Corn (no butter)
  • Mashed potato
  • Salads
  • Gravy
  • Fruit juice

Poor Choices

  • Fried chicken (skin and stuffing)
  • Tender roast/BBQ chicken
  • All burgers
  • Hawaiian Pack
  • Chicken nuggets
  • Chips and wedges

Burger King (Hungry Jacks) Restaurants

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Better Choices

  • Chicken Fillet Burger (no ranch sauce)
  • Ocean Catch Sandwich
  • Cheese burger

Poor Choices

  • Other burgers
  • Nuggets
  • Onion rings
  • Fries
  • Thickshakes & sundaes

Fish and Chips

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Better Choices

  • Grilled fish
  • Souvlaki
  • Bread rolls
  • Salad
  • Fruit juice

Poor Choices

  • Chips
  • Potato cakes
  • Deep fried fish
  • Dim Sims