Dr. Melissa Mixon, Mississippi State University extension nutritionist, said it is possible to eat right while dining out. It just requires the will power to make the healthy selections on the menu.
Moderation is the key.
Every food can fit into a healthy diet, just maybe not as often or in as great a quantity. The National Restaurant Association recently released a study of 15,699 Americans age 18 and older. It found that in 1996, Americans ate 4.1 meals away from home each week. In 1991, the weekly average was 3.8 commercially-prepared meals. Dinner followed with 1.3 a week, then breakfast with 0.7 commercially prepared weekly.