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2. Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Nowadays people are eating out at restaurants at historic rates. According to the National Restaurant Association, the restaurant industry's share of the food dollar today is 46 percent, compared with only 25 percent in 1955. Almost half of American adults eat at restaurants at least once a day, driven there by hasty lifestyles and little time to cook. But I am one who prefers to eat at home, which is cheaper, healthier, and more relaxing. It also might improve your relationship with family. A study in the US revealed that people who ate out at least thirteen times a month consumed an average of thirty-two percent more calories a day than those who ate out less than five times a month. In hard numbers, that means Americans now eat an average of 400 more calories a day than they did in 1984 and almost 500 more a day than in 1977--and many of those extra calories come from eating out. Eating at food stands plus junk food in front of the television is the main reason why 64 percent of adults and nearly 16 percent of children are overweight. And there is more. All-you-can-eat buffets are as common as roadside diners once were. Several research studies have shown that the more variety available at the table, the more people will eat because their taste buds don't get bored. But at home, unless you're remarkably industrious, you probably tend to plan meals around a fairly small stable of regular foods. Or you may have a weekly schedule for meal preparation. In the restaurant, you may take the sampling of leftovers from other people's plates even if your entree has already made you loosen your belt. While in the home, generally every one has the same food on his/her plates. Although eating at food stands or restaurants saves you the time of cooking and dish washing, it adds to your cost of weight reducing, and might add the risk of hard disease, high blood pressure, diabetes... The list of fat-caused disease is too long. While if you eat at home, you will be in charge of portion control, and you'll spend far less on food. If time is tight, you can just make double batches of dishes whenever you cook. Freeze one of those batches for a quick-and-easy meal later on when you don't feel like cooking. Eating at home also has an unexpected byproduct - more family communication. It's always nice to chat with family member at the dinner table. And you may also enjoy cooking together too. The biggest disadvantage of eating out is obvious. The more often you eat at restaurants or fast-food chains, the more calories and fat you consume, and the fatter you are likely to be. So why not stay home, enjoy what you make for yourself and take charge of your health at the same time? | 
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