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Drop Those Fries! Read the Sign!

What you can do: Before you go out to eat or zip through a drive-thru, look up the restaurant’s nutritional information online, or ask for nutrition info when you’re there.

5 Ways to Shake Salt Out of Your Diet

What you can do: Find seasoned substitutes and avoid eating out—some restaurant meals contain more than four-day-s’ worth of sodium.

Your Favorite Restaurant Is Making You Fat

What you can do: Order off the light menu, be picky about what you want, and realize that sharing might not help.

6 Ways to Cut Salt out of Restaurant Food

What you can do: Learn to spot salty food on the menu, and ask for the changes that make it healthier.

Michelle Obama to Restaurants: Stop Supersizing Our Kids

What you can do: Tell your favorite restaurants you want a healthier children's menu; order wisely when dining out with the kids.

Eat Healthy at Restaurants…Starting Today!

What you can do: When eating out, try some simple tactics to make healthy food choices—like saving half of your entrées for another day.

New Menus Coming to a Food Joint Near You

What you can do: Before menu labeling is put in place, opt for fresh foods, skip the bread, and drink water to keep from overeating when you're eating out.

Local Food, Fast: Major Fast-Food Chain Beefs Up Local Produce Supply

What you can do: Eat organic at home, but look for restaurants with an eye towards sustainability when you're on the road.

Calories Counts on Menus: Don't Trust Them

What you can do: Read this before you eat out again. You won't believe which foods showed the biggest discrepancies in calories.