2007年VOA标准英语-Healthy Dining Website Provides Healthier Resta

By Faiza Elmasry
Washington, D.C.
29 March 2007
 
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U.S. federal health officials say Americans dine away from home more than ever before.  And they say that dining out is a major contributor to the nation's weight problem.  To counter that, some people look for more nutritious¹ options on restaurant menus.  Jeffery Young says healthydiningfinder.com is a new online resource that makes it easier to lead a health-conscious life when dining out.  VOA's Faiza Elmasry reports.

 
Washington, D.C. Chef Jeff Tunks
Chef Jeff Tunks is co-owner of four acclaimed² restaurants in the Washington D.C. area.  He advocates healthier restaurant menus, and he says with the availability of a wide range of natural ingredients his job is easier than ever.

"I think that's the way the trend of food is going,” he says.  “I think it's almost like subconscious³ because it's not like saying ‘I want to make this dish healthy,’ but when you think about a dish, and you have all these great ingredients, it turns out to be healthy."

A selection of Chef Tunks' dishes is now available on healthydiningfinder.com.  The website is a creation of Healthy Dining and the National Restaurant Association.  Healthy Dining seeks to inspire chefs and restaurants to serve healthier dishes and help Americans easily identify nutritious choices.  More than 30,000 restaurant locations have joined the new resource.  Healthy Dining President Anita Jones-Mueller says the selected items on the website feature lean protein like fish and chicken, fruits, vegetables and whole grain.  All are low in calories, fat, saturated⁴ fat, cholesterol⁵ and sodium⁶.

"We're so excited that restaurants are really rising to this opportunity and creating and offering healthier choices and corresponding nutrition information, she says."

 
Erica Bohm of Healthy Dining
Healthy Dining's Erica Bohm initiated⁷ the development of healthydiningfinder.com.  She says users can easily navigate⁸ their way on the site.

"This is healthydiningfinder's homepage,” she says.  “Clicking on search for restaurants will take us to a page where we can enter geographic⁹ info, and specify¹⁰ price range as well as other optional criteria¹¹ such as take out, delivery and catering¹².  After submitting this information, you can view a list of the restaurants that meet your research criteria.  Then clicking on any of these logos will bring you to a full page of information about that restaurant, including the nutrition profiles of the dishes that meet the healthy dining criteria."

David Katz is an associate professor of public health at Yale University.  He says with this new web site, people can stick to their diets wherever they go.  He says healthydiningfinder.com can be an effective tool in the war against obesity¹³ in America.

"It will encourage other restaurants to offer more nutritious choices so that little by little we will actually see a change in the offerings that are out there and it will probably put more pressure on restaurants to put nutrition information right there at the point of purchase," he says.

 
Healthy Dining President Anita Jones-Mueller
Healthy Dining President Anita Jones-Mueller says every type of restaurant is featured on the site – from quick service to fine dining, and from independents to the nation's largest chains.  She says new restaurants are joining the program every week.

“By the end of this year, we hope to have 60,000 restaurant locations participating.  By next year, we hope to have over 100,000 locations participating," she says.

Jones-Mueller says she hopes the new healthydiningfinder.com web site will enrich America's culinary experience and inspire chefs to create more recipes with health and taste buds in mind.

1 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

2 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。

3 subconscious   

n./adj.潜意识(的)，下意识(的)

参考例句：

• Nail biting is often a subconscious reaction to tension.咬指甲通常是紧张时的下意识反映。
• My answer seemed to come from the subconscious.我的回答似乎出自下意识。

4 saturated   

a.饱和的，充满的

参考例句：

• The continuous rain had saturated the soil. 连绵不断的雨把土地淋了个透。
• a saturated solution of sodium chloride 氯化钠饱和溶液

5 cholesterol   

n.（U）胆固醇

参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。

6 sodium   

n.（化）钠

参考例句：

• Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
• Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

7 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

8 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

9 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

10 specify   

vt.指定，详细说明

参考例句：

• We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
• Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

11 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

12 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

13 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。