The American Diet Is Really Getting… Healthier?! – Hits 96
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The results of a 20-year study on the American diet have just been released… and apparently, Americans are eating… HEALTHIER?!
In 1999, 49% of people said they had a “poor quality diet“… but now that number has DECREASED to 37%. That’s 12% of people eating LESS BAD.
The authors of the study consider that “modest improvement,” because it still means more than ONE in THREE people have a terrible diet.
A GOOD quality diet is defined as “higher intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, nuts, seeds, and legumes and lower intake of sugar-sweetened beverages, processed meat, saturated fat, and sodium.”
Turns out, there’s one BIG detail you need to know. The quality of Americans’ diets in this study was SELF-REPORTED.
SOURCE: ACP Journals
