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Abigail Okrent

Abigail Okrent

Research Agricultural Economist
abigail.okrent@usda.gov
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Food Consumption & Demand

Food Consumption, Nutrient Intakes, and Diet Quality
Food-at-Home Monthly Area Prices

U.S. Household Food Spending Post COVID-19 and the Implications for Diet Quality
Assessment and Adjustment of Body Weight Measures in Scanner Data
COVID-19 Working Paper: Consumer Food Spending Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Factors Impacting Grocery Store Deflation: A Closer Look at Prices in 2016 and 2017
Examining Food Store Scanner Data: A Comparison of the IRI InfoScan Data with Other Data Sets, 2008–2012

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Researchers Adjust Self-Reported Estimates of Obesity in Scanner Data
New Analysis Approach Illuminates Differences in Food Spending Across U.S. Populations
Retail Food Price Inflation Has Slowed Over Time
New U.S. Food Expenditure Estimates Find Food-Away-From-Home Spending Is Higher Than Previous Estimates
Purchases of Foods by Convenience Type Driven by Prices, Income, and Advertising

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SNAP households spent about $544 more on food at home than non-SNAP households in the lowest income quartile in 2022
Average body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight are underreported unless adjusted
When adjusted, body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight in scanner data better aligns with measured data
Food-at-home spending on desserts, prepared meals, and other unclassified items varied by race and ethnicity from 2016-19 to 2020
Food-at-home spending grew in 2020 from 2016–19, led by ‘all other food at home’ category

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