Debate on fast food in society

This issue of the journal has a debate by Rice et al.1 and Stender et al.2 that examines the role of fast foods in a diet that might be recommended to consumers. Rice et al.1 suggest that it is possible to create a diet eaten only in fast-food restaurants that is very close to the recommendations of the US dietary reference index. Rice et al.1 show that with the possible exception of the problem of trans fats, a fast-food diet can be constructed with good choices that is nutritionally complete and healthy, and there is no reason to avoid fast-food restaurants.