Question

Discuss some of the concerns associated with eating out at restaurants and give some strategies that can be used to combat overeating.

Answer 1

Overeating is of two types:

1. Eating when there is no physiological needs

2. Eating too much during an eating episode.

Foods prepared in the restaurants are for commercial purpose and there is more focused on taste instead of health and nutrition. To make it more tasty, they use high amount of spices and oils. Because of craving for taste, people used to eat more than the need of the body. This overeating slowly leads to several health issues like obesity, diabetes, hypertension etc.

A person can combat overeating in the restaurants by following various strategies:

- Look at the food which is healthy and order the quantity as per the requirement of the body.

- Prefer less fatty and spicy food.

- Add salad in sufficient quantity.

- Keep self control to eat the food.

- Get rid of ditraction during eating, like using mobile or talking too much.

- Know your weakness, like if you know that if you order chiken then you cant stop yourself from overeating.

- Get volumetric diet, and order the food in required quantity only, and avoid ordering excess food.

- Reduce stress, because stress can lead to overeating and indigestion.

- Eat fiber rich food as maximum.

- Avoid junk food and eat regular food.

- Eating too fast cal also lead to overeating, so keep it slow.

- Replace beverage with water.