Eating Location Increasingly Important Factor In Diet Of American Children

Untrue.

As childhood obesity rises and the American diet shifts towards increasing consumption of foods eaten or prepared outside of the home, concerns about the nutritional quality and the total consumption of such foods are also increasing. According to a study conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and published in the August 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, eating location and food source significantly impact daily energy intake for children. Foods prepared away from home, including fast food eaten at home and store-prepared food eaten away from home, are fueling the increase in total calorie intake

This is not real estate.

Location, location, location is not the key.

Calories are the issue.

And, BTW, there are no good data that any meals prepared at home for these kids would be calorically better for them.

There is almost no greater certainty of caloric content than can be found in processed foods.

The better study is to compare the meals these kids eat with ones prepared in the home.

Either way, there is no law prohibiting a parent from dividing a purchased sandwich/meal in half and serving only a portion of it to the kid.

It can be easy to lose/control weight when eating out of the home.