B1 – Intermediate
Dining out was once reserved for the wealthy or a special occasion. Not anymore. Now more than a third of the food Americans eat is made up of so-called “away-from-home” foods, which include both restaurant food and prepackaged or prepared foods purchased at supermarkets. And about 40 percent of that comes from fast-food restaurants serving the likes of cheeseburgers and French fries.
It seems then that the more you “buy out”, the more likely it is that you will have a calorie and fat rich diet that is poor in nutrients.
Let’s read the article to learn some of the issues with eating “out of the home” and talk about the questions that follow:
http://www.amdietetics.com/articles/eating-out-an-unhealthy-habit
- How often and where do you usually go when you eat out?
- Who do you usually go with when you eat out?
- What do you think about eating out?
- In what ways have people’s eating habits changed over the years?
- How have your eating habits changed over the years?
- What’s the best and the worst experience you ever had at a restaurant?
- Do you like to try new restaurants, or do you prefer to go to those you have already been to? Why?
- Do you care what a restaurant looks like, or is the food the only thing you care about?