Healthy Eating on the Run

Increasingly, consumers want fast, easy and good-tasting foods to fit a busy lifestyle. Whether it’s fast food, take out or a sit down restaurant, eating out has become part of the American lifestyle.

Food is available everywhere we go—schools, businesses, drugstores, convenience stores, bookstores, supermarkets, vending machines, sports and cultural events and recreation centers.

You can make healthy food choices everywhere you go, too:

• Choose fried foods only sometimes - go for grilled, broiled, or steamed foods more often.
• Order the regular or kid-size portion. Mega-sized servings are probably more then you need.
• Make milk or a low-fat shake your beverage for an extra calcium boost.
• Try a side salad instead of fries.
• Split your order. Share fries or an extra large sandwich with a friend.
• Boost the nutrients in all kinds of sandwiches by adding tomato, peppers and other vegetables.
• At the deli or sub shop, choose lean beef, ham, turkey, or chicken on whole-grain bread.
• At the salad bar, pile on the dark leafy greens, carrots, peppers and other fresh vegetables. 

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