You do want the large size fries, don't you? Its only 55 cents more!

Ordering a "super-value" meal and drink seems like it makes a lot of sense because you're getting a lot more food for a little more money. Who can resist a bargain? But is it actually such a good deal?

A new study indicates while you get about 73 percent more food in these larger portions, the added calories and fat can translate into much higher costs for health care, extra food and even gasoline. "In essence," writes Rachel Close, study author from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, "the more a person overeats, the greater the financial cost."

Based on this study, every extra value meal adds up to 35 cents extra in overall food costs, since heavier people eat more calories as they gain weight. Additionally health care can cost up to $6.64, because of obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and arthritis. Furthermore, for every extra value meal a person eats, they will end up paying more in fuel costs, because heavier people makes cars and planes less fuel efficient.

That larger size fries can end up costing people a lot more than the extra 55 cents the food server suggests.

Source: Science Daily