{"id":26186,"date":"2010-07-21T08:23:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T13:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=26186"},"modified":"2011-12-27T12:45:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T17:45:49","slug":"is-all-you-can-eat-at-the-ballpark-really-a-good-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/is-all-you-can-eat-at-the-ballpark-really-a-good-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Is All-You-Can-Eat at the Ballpark Really a Good Value?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"All you can eat at the ball park\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/is-all-you-can-eat-at-the-ballpark-really-a-good-value\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26187\" title=\"all-you-can-eat-ballparks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/all-you-can-eat-ballparks.jpg\" alt=\"all you can eat at the ballpark \" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Although <a title=\"Baseball Players in Anti-Obesity Campaign\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/michelle-obama-recruits-baseball-players-in-anti-obesity-campaign-video\/\" target=\"_self\">Major League Baseball players<\/a> need to be in top shape, their fans have a new reason not to be. Nineteen of 30 major league teams now have an &#8220;all-you-can-eat section,&#8221; where spectators can fill up on ballpark staples like peanuts, hot dogs, soda, lemonade, nachos and ice cream.<\/p>\n<p>Although there is a salad bar at the buffet-style section at Baltimore&#8217;s Camden Yards, the message is not a healthy one. The $40 ticket may seem like a steal, but the real cost is paid in unhealthy calories. &#8220;Teams say the intention is not for fans to gorge themselves on the food, but many fans say it often comes with the culture of being at the ballpark,&#8221; writes <a title=\"Growing trend: All-you-can-eat sections at big-league parks\" href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2010\/baseball\/mlb\/07\/14\/all-you-can-eat-ballparks\/index.html?eref=sihp\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sports Illustrated<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;Even as Orioles fan Michele Sparklin ate a salad and said she yearned for choices like a grilled chicken wrap, she admitted to overindulging in hot dogs &#8212; and food in general &#8212; while sitting in the section. &#8216;When there&#8217;s a hot dog in your face, you have to take it,&#8217; she said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/stadium-food-calories\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/stadium-food-calories\/Stadium-foods-Slideshow-player.jpg\" alt=\"View Stadium Food Calories Slideshow\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"healthy hot dog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/does-a-healthy-hot-dog-exist\/\" target=\"_self\">Does a Healthy Hot Dog Really Exist?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Eating healthy on a budget \" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/how-to-afford-eating-healthy-in-a-comfort-food-economy\/\" target=\"_self\">How to Afford Eating Healthy in a Comfort Food Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gluten-free Conession stand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/coors-field-introduces-gluten-free-concession-stand\/\" target=\"_self\">Coors Field Introduces Gluten-Free Stand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nineteen of 30 major league baseball teams now have an &#8220;all-you-can-eat section,&#8221; where spectators can fill up on ballpark staples. <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/is-all-you-can-eat-at-the-ballpark-really-a-good-value\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[3674,29],"class_list":["post-26186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-baseball","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26186"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60989,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26186\/revisions\/60989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}