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Cooking Time and Diet Check

Compare the weekly cooking time you actually have with what a set number of home-cooked meals would need.

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This tool gives general information based on the research summarised in Meal Planning: What It Is Associated With, and What It Costs. It is not a medical device, does not diagnose, and does not replace advice from your clinician.

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What this is based on


Every output names at least one verified PubMed source. Identifiers were verified on 2026-10-11 in an earlier batch and carried over into this build; they were not re-queried here, and no retraction database was checked. Verification was at abstract level.


Monsivais 2014
Monsivais P, Aggarwal A, Drewnowski A. Time spent on home food preparation and indicators of healthy eating. Am J Prev Med. 2014;47(6):796-802. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.033. PMID: 25245799.
PMID 25245799 · observational study · weight 0.5 · abstract level
Mills 2017
Mills S, Brown H, Wrieden W, et al. Frequency of eating home cooked meals and potential benefits for diet and health: cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017;14(1):109. doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0567-y. PMID: 28818089.
PMID 28818089 · observational study · weight 0.5 · abstract level


Limits: This is arithmetic on your own time estimate. It does not measure your diet, and the fruit and vegetable figures come from a cross-sectional analysis.







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