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Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries
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Only 23% of meals in America include a vegetable. The number of dinners made at home with a salad dropped to 17% in 2010 compared to 22% in 1994. Salads ordered at restaurants dropped to 5% in 2010 from 10% in 1989, according to NPD research company in its 25th edition of "Eating Patterns in America." The U.S. is going backwards in good eating habits and no enough attention is being paid to this in the debate about cost of health care. Their is a clear connection between good eating habits and health, and while invention and use of the latest research and innovations in health care are lauded, the decline in patterns of healthy living and food habits are receiving less attention.
Menus with lower calorie items and sales at U.S. restaurants 2013-2015
11/29/2009
A recent study shows growing sales at restaurants which emphasize low calorie items on the menu. A growing number of Americans are becoming aware of the problems with obesity and choosing lower calorie items on restaurant menus. Progress in offering a wide selection of low calorie items on menus and smaller serving sizes, and encouraging healthy eating habits is slow. The limited choices and habits of eating out frequently are continuing to put more people at risk of obesity.
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Studies of women eating at restaurants show the lack of healthy choices and frequency of visits to restaurants can have a large effect on obesity. Women eating 5 or more times a week at restaurants risk taking in about 290 extra calories a day than women eating out less often, according to one study. Obesity is one of the biggest challenges facing the U.S. The hidden costs of obesity through the wider spread of diabetes and other diseases are a large part of America's healthcare cost problem. The slow progress in tackling this continues.
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The University of Wisconsin 2013 study showing declining life spans for women in some parts of the U.S. associated with income, graduation rates and smoking
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A study from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute by health sciences professor, David Kindig, and a PhD. candidate Erika Cheng, shows declining life spans for women in some parts of the U.S. in 2013. The study reveals the impact of smoking, education levels to understand good food choices, the income levels and availability of food choices in neighborhoods, graduation rates, as critical factors. Other factors cited in reader comments are increasing stress as women joined the workforce in larger numbers, obesity and poor eating habits.
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