America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences
by
Elizabeth FrazaoAgriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB-750) 494 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.