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Frequent Consumption of Fast Food Results in Weight Gain
October 23, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Diet & Nutrition News
When asked to rate factors that would make healthy menu items more appealing, the 2006 respondents gave the highest scores to better taste, lower prices, greater convenience, and greater availability. About half the participants said they would be more likely to purchase healthy menu items if the foods were offered as part of a value or combo meal, and 41 percent expressed a desire to see nutrition information printed on menus.
“Because people will continue to eat outside the home, we need to make healthy foods more attractive in price and taste,” said Gary D. Foster, director of CORE and president-elect of NAASO. The responses across all three years were similar except for three: Americans were less likely to pay more for healthier foods, less knowledgeable about healthy menu items and more likely to consider healthy items bland-tasting in 2006 than in 2004, said Borradaile.
The researchers said that fast-food restaurants could encourage healthier eating by offering a variety of tasty, healthy, and reasonably priced foods.
“Restaurant chains should be commended for increasing the number of healthy offerings; continued efforts are needed to make healthy food attractive to the palate and pocket,” Foster said.
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