America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences

Elizabeth Frazao (editor)

Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB750) 484 pp, May 1999

Individual chapters in this book provide different perspectives on the nutrition problems in the United States: what are the economic costs associated with unhealthy eating patterns; how do dietary patterns compare with dietary recommendations; how do national income and prices, advertising, health claims, and trends in eating away from home affect nutrient intake; how much do people know about nutrition and how does nutrition knowledge and attitudes affect intake of fats and cholesterol; how do different government programs and regulations influence food expenditures and consumption; what are some public and private efforts to improve healthy eating; and what are potential impacts of healthier eating on domestic agriculture.

Keywords: diet, nutrition, health, eating patterns, nutrition education, dietary guidelines, food guide pyramid, Healty Eating Index

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract, 12 Kb
• Preface, 20 Kb
• Table of Contents, 92 Kb
• Introduction: On the Road to Better Nutrition, 35 Kb
• High Costs of Poor Eating Patterns in the United States, 102 Kb
• Dietary Recommendations and How They Have Changed Over Time, 178 Kb
• How Current Diets Stack Up: Comparison With Dietary Guidelines, 147 Kb
• A Comparison of the U.S. Food Supply With the Food Guide Pyramid Recommendations, 98 Kb
• Diet Quality of Americans: Healthy Eating Index, 74 Kb
• American Diets and Year 2000 Goals, 91 Kb Guidelines for Americans.
• Trends in the U.S. Food Supply, 1970-97, 126 Kb
• Role of National Income and Prices, 53 Kb
• Food Advertising in the United States, 44 Kb
• Advertising and What We Eat: The Case of Dairy Products, 41 Kb
• Health Claims in Food Advertising and Labeling: Disseminating Nutrition Information to Consumers, 106 Kb
• Nutrient Contribution of Food Away From Home, 103 Kb
• What People Know and Do Not Know About Nutrition, 129 Kb
• The Role of Demographics, Knowledge, and Attitudes: Fats and Cholesterol, 69 Kb
• Who Knew? Perception and Reality of Cholesterol in Our Diets, 55 Kb
• Dietary Impacts of Food Assistance Programs, 104 Kb
• How Government Policies and Regulations Can Affect Dietary Choices, 135 Kb
• National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Reforms: Policy Development and Economic Impacts, 55 Kb
• Accelerating the Trend Toward Healthy Eating: Public and Private Efforts, 111 Kb
• Moving Toward the Food Guide Pyramid: Implications for U.S. Agriculture, 87 Kb
• Appendix Tables, 50 Kb
• Index, 80 Kb

• Entire Report, 2,340 Kb

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Updated date: May 1, 1999