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Results over 16 years also show persistent disparities by race and ethnicity
Study finds U.S. children get their healthiest meals at school; for adults, it’s the grocery store. (Image courtesy of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service)
Whether eating out or buying food from the grocery store, Americans of all ages are, for the most part, eating poorly everywhere-except at school. The information comes from a new dietary trends study, which also reveals persistent or worsening disparities in meal quality from restaurants, grocery stores, and other sources-but not school-by race, ethnicity, and income.
Published today in JAMA Network Open and led by researchers at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, the study analyzed all meals (including snacks and beverages) consumed by Americans over 16 years. By 2018, the most recent year for which national data is available, meals with the lowest nutritional quality came from restaur
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