Fast Food Menu of Calories

This visualization shows the “Distribution of calories vary by fast food restaurant”. The basic meaning for each dot is one individual fast food in different fast food restaurant. All of these dots are assigned into five different categories, yellow represents beverage, green represents salad, light blue represents side dish, dark blue represents main item and purple represents dessert. In this visualization, horizontal line shows calories from 0 to 1,200 and scale by 200 calories. Vertical shows label for different restaurant. The study data will help us understand distribution of calories by different fast food and might give us a guide to consume relative healthy fast food.

Good Point in this data visualization:

• Clear Map: This visualization gives us a clear view on distribution of calories vary by different fast food restaurant.
• Color Segregation: Each category is represented by different color, making spotting different category easier.

Potential improvement point in this data visualization:

• Categorize by more different colors: Even though different fast food items are categorized by different colors, which are purple, dark blue, light blue and yellow, it is not that obvious to identify different items. Perhaps more different colors such as yellow, red, blue and green would make this visualization more easy to read.
• More details on each items: This visualization only gives item name when hover on each dot. It is better give more information such as specific calories for each item.

Source： http://flowingdata.com/2016/12/12/calories-in-fast-food-menu-items/