Both At Home and Away, Americans Are Choosing More Lower Fat Foods Than They Did 35 Years Ago

Joanne Guthrie () and Biing-Hwan Lin

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. October 2018, issue 09

Abstract: Analysis of national survey data found that between 1977-78 and 2011-14, declines in the share of calories coming from fat were largest for at-home foods and foods served in schools and day care facilities.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302659

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