Most young women eat takeaway dinners at least once a week, prompting calls for them to cook more meals at home.
Fifty-nine per cent of young women ate a takeaway dinner in the week prior to a Newspoll survey for the Dietitians Association of Australia.
And 11 per cent of women surveyed said they had eaten a takeaway three times that week.
Despite this, 76 per cent ranked themselves as good or very good at preparing a healthy meal.
Dietitian Clare Collins urged young women to cook at home more often.