According to a recent article on Frozen Food Age's website, Tim Ryan of the Culinary Institute of America was quoted as saying that Americans suffer from "dietary schizophrenia," talking skinny but eating fat.

In other words, Americans may talk the talk of dietary control, but very few walk the walk and actually manage their diets in a healthy fashion. Ryan was speaking about the results from the 2005 Parade Magazine Survey entitled "What America Eats."

According to the survey, nearly half (45%) of all households prepare different dinners on the same night at least once a week due to different schedules. There was no information as to whether these two different nightly dinners are complete meals, sandwiches, take-out or other convenience foods. One in five (21%) households eats cereal for dinner at least once a week; and a little over one-third