What Is America Eating?

Proceedings of a Symposium

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309078566
eISBN Pdf: 9780309564014
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1986
Month: January
Pages: 184
Language: English

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For its annual symposium in 1984, the Food and Nutrition Board posed the key nutritional question: "What is America eating?" This resultant volume explains dietary habits, examines the impact of fast-food proliferation and the changing role of women as it affects dietary behavior, and analyzes the nutritional consequences of national dietary trends. Speakers focused on what major food consumption surveys and large-scale studies have demonstrated, including factors that shape eating patterns, eating trends such as snacking and food variety, nutrition policy and its effects on diet, and the overall nutritional status of the U.S. population.

WHAT IS AMERICA EATING?
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Introduction
I Eating Patterns, Nutrition, and Health in the United States
- The Joint Nutrition Monitoring Evaluation Committee
  - JNMEC FUNCTIONS
  - JNMEC ORGANIZATION
  - HISTORY OF THE JNMEC
    - Implementation Plan
  - FIRST JNMEC REPORT
    - Data Sources
  - PROGRESS
    - NFCS and NHANES
    - Methodology Studies
    - Nutritional Status Standards
    - Health Status
    - Nutrient Composition of Foods
    - Future Surveys
  - CONCLUSIONS
  - REFERENCES
- Nutritional Status of the U.S. Population: Iron, Vitamin C, and Zinc
  - DATA SOURCES
  - IRON
    - Data from NHANES II
    - Data from NFCS
  - VITAMIN C
    - Data from NHANES II
    - Data from NFCS
  - ZINC
    - Data from NHANES II
    - Data on Dietary Intake
  - CONCLUSIONS
  - REFERENCES
II What Factors Shape Eating Patterns?
- Introduction
- Economics and Nutrition
  - INCOME AND DIET
    - Income and Nutrient Intake
    - Income and Food Consumption Patterns
  - PRICES AND DIET
  - EFFICIENCY IN FOOD CONSUMPTION
    - Dietary Efficiency
    - The USDA Food Plans
    - Least-Cost Diets
  - IMPORTANT CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES
  - THE NEW HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
    - Food and Nutrition Profiles
  - CONCLUSIONS
  - REFERENCES
- The Acquisition of Likes and Dislikes for Foods
  - PSYCHOLOGICAL CATEGORIES OF ACCEPTED AND REJECTED FOOD SUBSTANCES
    - Sensory Properties
    - Anticipated Consequences
    - Ideational Factors
  - DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT PREFERENCES AND ATTITUDES TOWARD FOOD
    - Distaste Versus Danger
    - Good Taste Versus Beneficial
    - Disgust Versus Inappropriate
    - Transvaluation, the Opposite of Disgust, and the Positive-Negative Balance
  - SUMMARY
  - REFERENCES
- Factors That Shape Eating Patterns: A Consumer Behavior Perspective
  - CONSUMER BEHAVIOR THEORIES AND RESEARCH
    - The Physiological Approach
    - The Social Approach
    - The Economic Psychology Approach
    - The Learning Theory Approach
    - The Cognitive Approach
  - INFORMATION PROCESSING
    - Information Acquisition
    - Information Organization
    - Information Utilization
    - Nutrition Information Processing
    - Future Research
  - CONCLUDING COMMENT
  - REFERENCES
III Eating Trends and Nutritional Consequences
- Introduction
  - NFCS AND HANES
    - Meal Patterns
    - Snacking
    - Compliance with Nutritional Guidance
    - Food Choice
  - REFERENCES
- Snacking and Eating Away from Home
  - METHODS
    - Data
    - Analyses
  - RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FOR SNACKING
    - Identification of Persons Who Snacked
    - Diet Quality of Snackers
  - RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FOR AWAY-FROM-HOME EATING
    - Identification of Away-from-Home Meal Consumers
    - Diet Quality of Away-front-Home Meal Consumers
  - RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FOR COMBINED ANALYSIS OF SNACKING AND EATING AWAY FROM HOME
  - CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
  - REFERENCES
- Variety in Foods
  - REVIEW OF LITERATURE
  - METHODS
    - Study Population
    - Variety Measure
    - Dietary Quality Measures
  - RESULTS
    - Extent of Variety
    - Relationship Between Variety and Various Quality Measures
  - SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
  - ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  - REFERENCES
IV Perspectives on Nutrition Programs, Policy, and Research
- Introduction
- The Role of Nutrition Research in Policy and Program Planning
  - REFERENCES
- The Food Industry and Nutrition
  - REFERENCES
- Nutrition Education
  - EATING PATTERNS OF THE NUTRITIONALLY VULNERABLE
    - Recommendations
  - FOOD GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
    - Recommendations
  - PREVENTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC DIETS
    - Recommendations
  - CONCLUSIONS
  - REFERENCES
- Assessment of Diet Quality and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Nutrition Policy and Research
  - POLICY
  - RESEARCH
  - PROGRAMS
  - REFERENCES
- Legal Advocacy for the Hungry and Malnourished: How Can Nutrition Scientists Help?
  - DOCUMENTING HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION
  - IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF CHILD NUTRITION
  - REFERENCES
Participants and Coauthors
Index