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Recently an interesting report was published by the US Department of Agriculture. The document
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sheds light on food consumption patterns in the United States and how these have changed over
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certain nutrients and obesity it is interesting to look at these trends and see how they correlate.

The report examines the amount of food available for consumption in the US between 1970 and
2014. The report focusses on loss-adjusted food availability data. These data are essentially
obtained from the foods that are produced and available for consumption and corrected for food
losses (food spoilage, plate waste and other losses) along the way. This gives an estimation of
consumption per capita. This is different than other studies where a cohort of people is asked to
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What did the new study find? First Americans have been consuming more food from ALL food
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groups between 1970 and 2014. Even the consumption of fruit and vegetables is increased! But
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most notably, on average, Americans consume more foods that are high in added fats and oils,
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added sugar and sweeteners and grains than is recommended. They consume too few foods
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that are nutrients dense such as vegetables, seafood, low-at dairy products and fruit.
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Over the same period we have seen a dramatic increase in obesity as well as type II diabetes.
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These data are more compatible with the idea that obesity is caused by eating too much and not
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