Let's Eat Out: Americans Weigh Taste, Convenience, and Nutrition

Hayden Stewart ; Noel Blisard , and Dean Jolliffe

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Consumer preferences;    diet-health knowledge;    eating out;    food away from home;    imperfect information;    restaurant foods;    rules of thumb;   

RP-ID  :  EIB-19

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Whether eating out or buying carry-out, Americans are consuming more and more of their calories from full-service and fast-food restaurant fare. The share of daily caloric intake from food purchased and/or eaten away from home increased from 18 percent to 32 percent between the late 1970s and the middle 1990s, and the away-from-home market grew to account for about half of total food expenditures in 2004, up from 34 percent in 1974. Analysis of a survey of U.S. consumers indicates that respondents want convenience and an enjoyable dining experience, but the desire for health also plays a role as does diet-health knowledge.