Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005

This is an interesting though disturbing report which examines major trends in US food consumption. The report also estimates whether Americans are meeting Federal dietary recommendations for each of the major food groups and findings show that, on the whole, we do not. For that to happen, Americans would need to substantially lower their intake of added fats, refined grains, and added sugars and sweeteners AND increase their consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat milk and milk products. Our local food club is helping us do that! To read the report, click on the links below. Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Report summary, 168 kb. Entire report, 1,836 kb. Updated date: March 28, 2008

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Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov By Hodan Farah Wells and Jean C. Buzby Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-33) 27 pp, March 2008