Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System: Related Resources

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The links below provide more information on food availability, nutrient availability, and loss-adjusted food availability data and analysis as well as estimating supply and disappearance of major foods.

Food Availability

Articles and data in Amber Waves:

• Almonds Lead Increase in Tree Nut Consumption (June, 2008)
  
  
• High-Fructose Corn Syrup Usage May Be Leveling Off (February, 2008)
  
  
• Americans’ Dairy Consumption Below Recommendations (November, 2007)
  
  
• ERS Food Availability Data Look at Consumption in Three Ways (June, 2007)
  
  
• Coffee Consumption Over the Last Century (June, 2007)
  
  
• ERS Food Availability Data Under Revision (June, 2006)
  
  
• Chicken Consumption Continues Longrun Rise (April, 2006)
  
  
• Will 2005 Be the Year of the Whole Grain? (June, 2005)
  
  
• Americans' Whole Grain Consumption Below Guidelines (April, 2005)
  
  
• Estimating Consumption of Caloric Sweeteners (April, 2005)
  
  
• Measuring America's Cheese Consumption (February, 2005)
  
  
• Cheese Consumption Continues to Rise (February, 2005)
  
  
• Trends in U.S. Per Capita Consumption of Dairy Products, 1909 to 2001 (June, 2003)
  
  
• Estimating Per Capita Domestic Use of Head Lettuce (February, 2003)
  
  

Reports:

• Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005 (March, 2008)
  
  
• U.S. Per Capita Food Supply Trends: More Calories, Refined Carbohydrates, and Fats (December, 2002)
  
  
• Profiling Food Consumption in America (in Agriculture Fact Book, 2001-2002)
  
  
• Imports' Share of U.S. Diet Rises in Late 1990's (September-December, 2001)
  
  
• Per Capita Food Supply Trends: Progress Toward Dietary Guidelines (September-December, 2000)
  
  
• Major Trends in U.S. Food Supply, 1909-99 (January, 2000)
  
  
• U.S. Food Supply Providing More Food and Calories (September, 1999)
  
  
• Trends in the U.S. Food Supply, 1970-97 (in America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences) (May, 1999)



• Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-97 (April, 1999)
  
  
• A Dietary Assessment of the U.S. Food Supply: Comparing Per Capita Food Consumption with Food Guide Pyramid Serving Recommendations (December, 1998)
  
  
• Milk and Milk Products: Their Importance in the American Diet (May, 1998)
  
  
• Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (June, 1992)
  
  

Nutrient Availability

• Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply, 1909-2004 (February, 2007)
  
  
• Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply, 2005 (November, 2004)
  
  
• Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply, 1909-2000 (November, 2004)



• Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-97 (April, 1999)



• Interactive Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply

• USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Nutrient Data Laboratory

Loss-Adjusted Food Availability

Articles and data in Amber Waves:

• Americans’ Dairy Consumption Below Recommendations (November, 2007)
  
  
• ERS Food Availability Data Look at Consumption in Three Ways (June, 2007)
  
  
• Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Recommendations Will Impact Agriculture (April, 2007)
  
  
• While Americans are Switching to Lower Fat Milks…They Are Increasing their Use of Cheese (November, 2006)
  
  
• Added Fats and Oils Provide More Calories Per Day for the Average American Than Any Other Food Group (September, 2006)
  
  
• U.S. Food Consumption Up 16 Percent Since 1970 (November, 2005)
  

Reports:

• Dietary Assessment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005 (March, 2008)
  
  
• Possible Implications for U.S. Agriculture from Adoption of Select Dietary Guidelines (November, 2006)
  
  
• Per Capita Food Supply Trends: Progress Toward Dietary Guidelines (September-December, 2000)
  
  
• Moving Toward the Food Guide Pyramid: Implications for U.S. Agriculture (July, 1999)
  
  
• A Dietary Assessment of the U.S. Food Supply: Comparing Per Capita Food Consumption with Food Guide Pyramid Serving Recommendations (December, 1998)
  
  
• Estimating and Addressing America's Food Losses (January, 1997)
  
  
• The Food Guide Pyramid, Home and Garden Bulletin Number 252 (August, 1992)
  
  
• USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Nutrient Data Laboratory

Estimating Supply and Disappearance of Major Foods

Poultry:

• Chicken Consumption Continues Longrun Rise (April, 2006)

Dairy:

• Americans' Dairy Consumption Below Recommendations (November, 2007)

Fruits and Vegetables:

• Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Recommendations Will Impact Agriculture (April, 2007)

Tree Nuts:

• Almonds Lead Increase in Tree Nut Consumption (June, 2008)

Sugar and Sweetners:

• High-Fructose Corn Syrup Usage May Be Leveling Off (February, 2008)

Grains:

• Will 2005 Be the Year of the Whole Grain? (June, 2005)



• Americans' Whole-Grain Consumption Below Guidelines (April, 2005)

Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa:

• Coffee Consumption Over the Last Century (June, 2007)