FAST FOOD

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Fast Food

Eating out is on the rise. The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) food intake surveys indicate that between 1977 and 1996, daily caloric intake from food eaten outside of the home increased from 18 to 32 percent, with a 40-percent increase between 1987 and 2000 in the proportion of the population that reported eating three or more commercially prepared meals per week . Food-away-from-home expenditures have increased to account for about half of total food expenditures, and fast-food restaurants (defined by the North American Industry Classification System as restaurants offering limited waitperson service) ...