Making Eating Out Healthier
One of the leading causes of why American’s are so overweight is the fact that we eat out so much. When we eat out we have no idea of how many calories or fat we are eating. People can try to pick the healthier looking options, but they are not always that much healthier. Something that would help to end this problem would be to have a nutrition label next to the meal option on a menu in a restaurant, which is what the New York City Department of Health and other groups are strongly encouraging. An article in a recent Washington Post issue offers other ways in order to make eating out a healthier event. A highly visible nutrition label would hopefully help to decrease the overwhelming number of obese individuals in the United States by showing people exaclty how much they are eating.
