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September 14, 2016

Eating Healthy Away from Home: Beyond the Kitchen

Eating while on the go can be challenging for anyone.  Choosing nutrient dense options in portions which provide appropriate calories is a skill that must be learned and practiced.  When a person has diabetes, selecting foods which will not aggravate blood sugar levels and/or heighten risks for heart disease becomes an even trickier task. The […]

WRITTEN BY: Cheryl Barber Spires, RD, LD, Program Specialist, NW Region, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

SOURCES:

  • Choose My Plate (January 2016). Eating foods away from home: MyPlate 10 Tips for Eating out. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved from: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/eating-foods-away-home
  • Todd, Jessica E., Lisa Mancino, and Biing-Hwan Lin. The Impact of Food Away From Home on Adult Diet Quality, ERR-90, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, February 2010.
  • Dan Remley, MSPH, PhD, Field Specialist, Family Nutrition and Wellness, OSU Extension; Barb Hennard, MA, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, OSU Extension Mercer and Auglaize Counties; Susan Zies, MS, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, OSU Extension Wood County; Shawna Hite, Family and Consumer Sciences, Healthy People Program Specialist; Cheryl Spires, MFCS, RD, LD, SNAP-Ed Northwest Region Program Specialist; Dining with Diabetes: Beyond the Kitchen; https://catalog.extension.org/product?catalog=DwDBtK
  • Susan Zies; Type 2 Diabetes and my family; https://livehealthyosu.com/2016/06/28/type-2-diabetes-and-my-family/

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Tags: convenience stores, diabetes, dinner, eating, healthy eating, healthy restaurant meals, lunch, meals, on the go, packed lunch, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes

February 7, 2014

Have a Heart Healthy Meal – Even If You are Eating Out

While the easiest way to have a heart healthy meal, whether for Valentine’s Day or any other special occasion, is to fix it yourself at home, many of us like to eat out. So if your plan is to “dine about town,” what can you do ahead of time to ascertain where the healthiest choices […]

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Tags: food, healthy eating, healthy restaurant meals

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