Much Like Other Americans, Veterans Would Benefit From Improving the Quality of Their Diets

Hayden Stewart and Diansheng Dong

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2020, vol. February 2020, issue 01

Abstract: A recent ERS study found that veterans’ slightly lower diet quality is primarily due to them consuming a higher share of calories from added sugars and solid fats than demographically similar nonveterans.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302898

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