America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences

Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB-750) 494 pp, May 1999

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Individual chapters in this book provide different perspectives on the nutrition problem 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, nutrition knowledge, dietary guidelines, food guide pyramid, food supply, food consumption, food assistance programs, school lunch, food away from home, advertising, health claims, nutrition labeling, agriculture, economic costs, Healthy Eating Index, Healthy People 2000

In this publication...

• Abstract, Pdf file   23 kb
• Preface, Pdf file   23 kb
• Table of Contents, Pdf file   24 kb
• Introduction: On the Road to Better Nutrition, Pdf file   36 kb
• High Costs Of Poor Eating Patterns In the United States, Pdf file   104 kb
• Dietary Recommendations and How They Have Changed Over Time, Pdf file   180 kb
• How Current Diets Stack Up: Comparison With Dietary Guidelines, Pdf file   149 kb
• A Comparison of the U.S. Food Supply With the Food Guide Pyramid Recommendations, Pdf file   101 kb
• Diet Quality Of Americans: Healthy Eating Index, Pdf file   76 kb
• American Diets and Year 2000 Goals, Pdf file   93 kb
• Trends in the U.S. Food Supply, 1970-97, Pdf file   128 kb
• Role of National Income and Prices, Pdf file   53 kb
• Food Advertising in the United States, Pdf file   45 kb
• Advertising and What We Eat, Pdf file   42 kb
• Health Claims in Food Advertising and Labeling, Pdf file   108 kb
• Nutrient Contribution of Food Away From Home, Pdf file   106 kb
• What People Know and Do Not Know About Nutrition, Pdf file   132 kb
• Role of Demographics, Knowledge, and Attitudes, Pdf file   53 kb
• Who Knew? Perception and Reality of Cholesterol in Our Diets, Pdf file   57 kb
• Dietary Impacts of Food Assistance Programs, Pdf file   106 kb
• How Government Policies and Regulations Can Affect Dietary Choices, Pdf file   138 kb
• National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Reforms Policy Development and Economic Impacts, Pdf file   56 kb
• Accelerating the Trend Toward Healthy Eating, Pdf file   112 kb
• Moving Toward the Food Guide Pyramid: Implications for U.S. Agriculture, Pdf file   89 kb
• Appendix Tables, Pdf file   54 kb
• Index, Pdf file   83 kb
• Entire Report, Pdf file   2,154 kb | HTML

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