FoodReview: Weighing In on Obesity, Vol. 25, No. 3
Rosanna Mentzer Morrison, Economics Editor
FoodReview No. (FR-25-3)
January 2003
About this magazine
This issue of FoodReview finds ERS researchers "weighing in" on a critical public health issue—the growing epidemic of Americans who are overweight and obese. The lead article takes a look at the American diet—typically too high in added sugars, refined grains, fats, and calories. Other articles examine the relationship between caloric intake and obesity, individuals' misperceptions about their weight status, the link between fruit consumption and body weight, and the cost-effectiveness issues raised by Federal interventions to reduce obesity. Another article looks at the use of emergency food pantries by U.S. households.
In this report ...
Articles are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Contents, 57 kb
- Upfront, 83 kb
- U.S. Per Capita Food Supply Trends:
More Calories, Refined Carbohydrates, and Fats, 145 kb
- Patterns of Caloric Intake and Body Mass Index Among U.S. Adults, 119 kb
- Misperceptions in Self-Assessed Weight Status Vary Along Demographic Lines, 129 kb
- Higher Fruit Consumption Linked With Lower Body Mass Index, 107 kb
- Societal Costs of Obesity: How Can We Assess When Federal Interventions Will Pay?, 90 kb
- Are Americans Turning Away From Lower Fat Salty Snacks?, 133 kb
- Use of Food Pantries by Households With Children Rose During the Late 1990s, 124 kb
- Farewell to FoodReview, 98 kb
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Updated date: January 2003
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