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Food and Health: Time Spent Eating, Acquiring Food, Preparing Meals, and Being Physically Active Among U.S. Adults, 2022–2023

  • EIB-302

Overview

This report examines how U.S. adults spend time eating, for food acquisition, meal preparation, and physical activity, using data from the 2022-2023 Eating and Health Module of the American Time Use Survey. Areas examined include the way food was obtained, grocery shopping and meal preparation, and physical activity.

Zeballos, E., & Restrepo, B. J. (2026). Food and health: Time spent eating, acquiring food, preparing meals, and being physically active among U.S. adults, 2022-2023 (Report No. EIB-302). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://doi.org/10.32747/2026.9529784.ers

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