Eating Out: Good for the Tastebuds, Bad for the Waistline

Eating Out: Good for the Tastebuds, Bad for the Waistline

by Larry Lindner

Studies are confirming what you already knew intuitively. "Check, please" are two of the most fattening words in the English language. The more often you eat food prepared away from home, the more calories you consume, the less healthful the meals, and the heavier you become.

Researchers at the University of Memphis drove home the point when they reviewed a week's worth of food records for more than 100 women. Those who ate out—or bought take-out food—at least six times a week consumed, on average, 300 more calories a day than women who relied more on food from their own kitchens.

A separate study, conducted by the California Department of Health Services, found that people who eat out consume up to 25% less in the way of fruits and vegetables than people who prepare all their meals at home. And investigators at the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University published a study indicating that the more frequently people eat out, the higher their level of body fatness as a result of eating more calories and fat and less fiber. The association between eating out and body fatness is "robust," the researchers say.

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