Impact of Eating Out on Sustainable Diet, Global Nutrition, Food Environment and Wellness

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In today’s world “eating out” is not an alien concept and almost everyone is well aware of
the food outlets and eateries in this fast paced world. And in Canada, almost every where
from a five star restaurant to the neighbourhood takeaways, Canadians are exposed to wide
variety food products and this type of food industries are growing day by day (Statistics
Canada, 2019). Eating out may seem a very casual phenomena but eating out or the food we
eat can have a global impact on the basis of consumerism and eating habits. Going by the
food environment, nutritional choices and wellness, the concept of eating out can be a
contributory factor to the global carbon footprint. In a research over the period of ten years it
was reported that there is a link between the greenhouse gas emission (GHG) and dietary
choices. Hence, nutritional choices along with eating out can lead to varied impact on
ourselves as well as environment (Joyce et al., 2014). Though the impacts of eating out or
nutritional choices can be relative from place to place and so the nutrition policies, but it has
some constant effect on the emission of greenhouse gas effect. Hence, it is relevant to
understand the growing impact of eating out on sustainable diet, diet and health and over all
food environment and wellness. Though the concepts are inter-related but it would be
interesting to understand the individual effects on the eating out habit discussed in the
following paragraphs.
What is the current “eating out” habit in Canada and how are the nutritional choices?
Nutritional choices and eating habits have been changing from time to time and in
today’s world eating out is an emerging field of food propagation, food as well as nutrition.
With the increasing pace and mobility of the modern life, there are food products that are
consumed sometimes, without any or less knowledge of the salt content, sugar content and
the saturated fat, which can be a potential cause of health diseases. In comparison with the
global nutrition, in Canada, there is prevalence of obesity and nutrition deficient food choices
among Canadians that could lead to the chronic diseases in children as well as adults (Attrop

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et al., 2014). According to report from the World Health Organisation till 2016, the 15.2
million deaths were caused due to ischemic heart diseases and stroke, these are mainly
lifestyle disorders (World Health Organization, 2019). The food choices are mostly
dependent on the external factors that affect the nutritional choice of a person. When it comes
nutrition choice and eating out there are many factors like the biological factors, economic
factors, psychological factors and social factors. In the coming years there would be various
challenges in the field of food nutrition and that would alter the global consumption pattern
and use of food resources (Pfeiffer, Speck & Strassner, 2017). There is a lack of awareness
and knowledge about the nutritional value when people are eating out. In a report it was
suggested that, the acknowledgement of nutrition knowledge and sustainable mind set can
have an influential effect on the nutrition choices along with a sustainable mind set when
eating out (Pfeiffer, Speck & Strassner, 2017).
What is the relationship between eating out and “Global Nutrition”?
A good nutrition is a reflection of optimal health and education about the food that is
consumed. The global nutrition is closely related with the economic development of a nation
and this is one of the key factor as well. When it comes to Canada, it has always emphasized
and pioneered for improving the global nutrition. Eating out is significantly associated with
many reasons for example for pleasure, business meeting, celebration and many other
occasions and is based on private, commercial and public sectors which are secondarily
(Edwards, 2013). Eating out becomes problematic when the fast foods and takeaways which
mostly include high saturated foods along with high sugar and salt content elevate
continuously among the adolescents and young people (Tilman & Clark, 2014). It is a
developing concern for the Western societies. According to the Global nutrition report which
came out in November 2019, there is a high global burden in malnutrition is unacceptably
high which could affect all the countries worldwide (United Nations International Children's