A new study conducted by the university’s Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy published findings that analyzed the diets of 40,000 adults and 21,000 children between 2003 and 2018.
In the final year of the study, more than half of meals that were served in U.S. restaurants were determined to have the lowest nutritional quality.
Sixty-five percent of restaurant-prepared meals for adults were labeled as being poor quality while 80% of restaurant-prepared meals for children were labeled the same.
In schools, only 24% of the meals served were said to be poor in nutritional quality. However, the study did acknowledge that the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act passed by the federal government in 2010 likely influenced its result due to the legislative policy’s strengthened funding for child nutrition programs with the USDA.
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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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