# North Americans are eating out more - why do you think that is?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 11, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-americans-are-eating-out-more-why-do-you-think-that-is/560331 "2010-11-11T17:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-americans-are-eating-out-more-why-do-you-think-that-is/560331/41 "2010-11-13T16:22:33Z")

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Really? People are eating out more? My husband and I (a chef and server respectively) aren’t seeing it. Maybe people are hitting the drive through more, but at a decent sit-down type of place… we aren’t seeing getting any busier…

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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-americans-are-eating-out-more-why-do-you-think-that-is/560331/42 "2010-11-13T21:15:26Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> While I’ve read enough of rachellelogram’s posts to know this is the case, I don’t see the connection. I know a lot of people who only eat fast food–usually $1 hamburgers and a diet drink–and they are not overweight at all.

This is gonna sound crazy and totally off base but…I believe that double cheeseburgers have a direct correlation to waistline. _I know it’s crazy, and there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that huge amounts of calories and a total lack of fruits, vegetables, and fiber has anything to do with a healthy body weight, but I’m just sayin’ people_. Also, I would like to say that the people you know have much more bearing than any research, anywhere, has ever had into obesity at all. Thank you for your words.

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