Partners or husbands can also play a role in changing our eating habits. Dating someone from another culture is often the start of a whole new relationship...with food. Partners may also influence women to make healthier food choices.

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While habits tend to be stable over time, barriers to change in the category are actually very low. It takes very little to get people to try a new restaurant or new food, particularly when prompted by social influences. Likewise, it takes very little for them to reject foods or outlets because of health concerns.

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Food is food. People don't view it as packages of nutrients.

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Assisting more people in making better choices in more frequent situations is one way the obesity epidemic could be turned around.

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