Survey: Americans Eat More Chicken And Less Beef Than They Used To
Americans eat more chicken and less beef than they used to. They drink less milk - especially whole milk - and eat less ice cream, but they consume way more cheese, say the results of Pew Research Center's recent survey on food and nutrition attitudes.
PEW made a report on Americans' eating habits based on analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data.
Their diets include less sugar than in prior decades but a lot more corn-derived sweeteners. And while the average American eats the equivalent of 1.2 gallons of yogurt a year, he or she also consumes 36 pounds of cooking oils - more than three times as much as in the early 1970s.
In the survey, 54 percent of Americans said people in the U.S. pay more attention to eating healthy foods today compared with 20 years ago - the same percentage who said Americans' actual eating habits are less healthy today than they were 20 years ago. And while 73 percent of Americans said they were very or fairly focused on healthy and nutritious eating, 58 percent said that most days they probably should be eating healthier. (dpa)
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