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Friday, December 15, 2006

Shocking but true

Young people who prepare their own food at home instead of going out to eat have healthier diets than their peers who eat out more often, one U.S. study finds. I suppose it would take a dedicated junk food fiend with a flair for the kitchen to eat worse than a Whopper, french fries and a milk shake. The University of Minnesota study does make one helpful suggestion: young people need to be taught how to prepare economical and healthful meals. Even among those who prepared food at home, only about 3 in 10 met the threshold of five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

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