Eating and Health Module (ATUS): 2007 Quick Facts

The top 3 places for primary eating and drinking were:

Own home or yard

Workplace

Restaurant or bar

The top 3 places for secondary eating or drinking were:

Own home or yard

Workplace

Driving a vehicle

The top 5 activities that accompanied secondary eating or drinking were:

Socializing, relaxing, and leisure*

Paid working

Traveling from place to place

Housework**

Personal care, such as grooming

  *Watching television accounted for about half of this category
**Includes meal preparation and cleanup

Of all travel from place to place, using any mode of transportation, 10.4 percent were accompanied by secondary eating and drinking.

In 11.0 percent of all driving trips, the driver was engaged in secondary eating or drinking.

Of all times watching television, 33.4 percent were accompanied by secondary eating and drinking.

More than half (56.4 percent) of grocery shopping occurrences were alone, whereas 36.2 percent were with household members, and the rest were accompanied by others (not household members).

Less than one-fifth (18.2 percent) of grocery shopping occurrences were accompanied by household children.

Nine percent of grocery shopping occurrences were accompanied by secondary eating or drinking.