But by the mid-80s, Americans spent only 50% more on meals at home than out.
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Even in the mid-70s meals at home held nearly a 2 to 1 advantage.
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They've cut expenses by forgoing vacations, having meals at home and buying clothes only during sales.
Adolescents eat 65 percent of their meals at home, according to a 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association study.
Since then I have done a few at-home runs at cocktail influenced meals.
Now we treat each other to experiences: musical performances, plays, home-cooked meals or dinner at some fun restaurant.
But even as parents work to help their kids eat right and exercise at home, we also need to make sure that they have access to healthy meals at school.
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At 9am every morning, home-made meals are picked up in special boxes, which are loaded onto trolleys and pushed to a railway station.
Because those meals are generally higher in calories and fat than what we make at home, they can create a recipe for weight gain.
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And the meals that we got were generally pretty healthy, because they were usually cooked at home with a whole lot of loving care and fresh products and produce.
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Mr Kimura currently lives at home under the care of his grandson's widow and eats his meals thrice a day.
In the U.S., grocery sales are growing at 4%, as against an 8% growth rate for meals taken away from home.
Dabba wallahs (delivery men) fill the streets at lunchtime, bringing tiffins (metal food containers) filled with home-cooked meals to city workers.
But it would entirely eliminate funding for the Social Services Block Grant program, which helps fund Meals on Wheels, transportation, and other important assistance for people with chronic disease who live at home.
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Some 20% of the intake are on free school meals, an indicator of poverty often linked with poor academic performance, and 20% do not speak English at home.
Among the programs that could be subject to such cuts: Meals on Wheels, subsidized senior housing, and transportation all critical to frail elders trying to live independently at home.
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