Making healthier choices

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When you're eating out in a restaurant or café, or taking your own lunch to work, there are a few simple things you can do to make your meal healthier.

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Practical tips

When you're eating out or buying food that has been prepared for you, it's often easy to have more fat, salt and calories than you realize.

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You can also end up eating more than you would have done if you had made the food yourself.

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Although it feels like good value for money when you get served a big portion, if you're trying to eat healthily this means it's very easy to eat too much or have lots more fat and calories than you need to.

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The simplest tip, but not always the easiest, is to remember that you don't need to clear your plate. Ideally try to eat slowly and stop when you're full.