Atkins Diet Plan - Survey: Eating Out Is Up, Atkins Diet Is Down

Thursday, November 3 2005 at 10:38

America's dining table looks a bit different than a year ago, a new food survey shows.

Findings from the online survey of more than 5,200 U.S. adults include:

  • A drop in the percentage of people on the Atkins diet.
  • An increase in the frequency of breakfasts and dinners bought away from home.
  • A slight rise in the number of people who noted working out twice a week.
  • More people limiting trans fats than carbohydrates or artificial sweeteners.

The survey was done by Christopher Malone and Jenifer Bland-Campbell, RD. Both work at the food services company Aramark. Malone is senior vice president of marketing; Bland-Campbell is senior director of nutrition program development.

Read more about the survey that discovered that the percent of people sticking to Atkins diet plan dropped in 2005.