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How to snack healthy at the mall (it's not easy!)

Posted on Nov 29th 2007 8:29AM by Rigel Celeste

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements

Shopping is exhausting! And it can be a good workout, too. But shopping can also be a health hazard because of those darn Food Courts full of Cinnabons and pizza and chili-cheese fries filling the air with tantalizing smells and calling your name. So, in the interests of not adding "weight gain" to the list of why holiday shopping is so stressful, here are a few snacks to help keep you going in the healthiest ways possible:

Plain coffee, plus a little sugar and cream if you prefer, has less calories than a fancy mocha latte but is just as cozy and soothing
Fresh squeezed fruit juice has less calories than a shake or smoothie but can be just as rich and sweet
Whole grain pasta with marinara sauce will fill you up without too many calories or fat
Know what's low-cal at common fast food chains: i.e. the yogurt parfait at McDonald's, so you can order smart

And if all else fails, bring a bottle of water and a power bar with you to keep the hunger pangs and temptation at bay.

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Chris Davis 12-05-2007 @ 5:03PM

It's true - it seems like too many situations are set up for people to select foods that are bad for them. The mall is packed full of unhealthy fast food places. Schools are packed full of vending machines that are packed full of unhealthy snacks.

Maybe it's because people WANT more of the unhealthy foods that are in these places and they are there because whatever makes the most money gets the real estate, so to speak. But we need to ask the question, "If people were given the choice, meaning if more of the stores in the mall and more of the slots in the vending machines carried healthy foods, would people choose to eat them?"

Here's an article that reports on a study that found that kids in schools will eat healthier foods if given the choice. This is from the article: "When the researchers crunched all the numbers they found that schools serving the healthiest lunches did not see a falloff in demand."

Here it is:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghVCEwfjtgdKUtdfmq_K8igYJA1wD8T5L9PO0