Ways to Manage Calories Away from Home

The FDA has found that Americans spend about 46 percent of their food budget on items prepared away from home and take in about 32 percent of their calories from such foods. "Away-from-home" foods are those that are prepared and purchased out of the home.

In the recent report Keystone Forum on Away-From-Home Foods -- Final Report the FDA offers recommendations to improve the ability of consumers to manage calorie intake from foods prepared and bought away from home. The document is part of FDA efforts to help reduce overweight/obesity, poor nutrition, and physical inactivity.

For more information about the report you can read:

background information

FDA's Plan to Tackle U.S. Obesity

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