Trends in Adults' Intake of Un-processed/Minimally Processed, and Ultra-processed foods at Home and Away from Home in the United States from 2003-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) comprise >50% of United States adults' energy intake, with the proportion of calories from UPFs increasing over time and the proportion of unprocessed/minimally processed foods (MPFs) decreasing over time. Whether UPFs are primarily consumed at home (AH) or away from home (AFH) is important to inform policies and messages to improve dietary quality.

Objectives

We examined trends in consumption of UPFs and MPFs AH and AFH in a nationally representative sample of United States adults and within sociodemographic subgroups.

Methods

Data are from 34,628 adults (aged ≥20 y) with two 24-h dietary recalls from the 2003-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We examined trends over time in intake from MPFs and UPFs as a pr

SUBMITTER: Wolfson JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11795699 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature