American Eating Habits Improved
In Past 20 Years, Survey Shows
American eating patterns have
shown great improvement’ over
the past 20 years, the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture reports in a
new publication “Dietary Levels
of Households in the United
States ” This publication is' the
most recent in a senes giving the
results of a nationwide survey
made by the Department-, in the
spring of 1955. The study covered
food used in one week by 6,000
households.
In s previous large-scale sur
vey, made in 1936, one-third of
the diets studied were classe3 as
poor Today probably^as few as a
tenth of US. households have
diets that would be classed as
poor by 1936 standards.
Rising real rftcomes and great
er public understanding of the
importance of good diet are two
of the factors that have influenced
this impiovement in American
diets The bread and flour en
richment program begun in the
early 1940’s has helped bring
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amine, niacme, and riboflavin in-
to the Nation’s food supply. In
creased use of milk and meat has
meant higher levels of calcium
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for the average family.
The survey covered the
amounts of food used up by house
holds, and did not attempt to es
timate how much of the food and
nutrients were discarded "as
waste But the aveiage quantity
of food brought into American
kitchens could supply families
more than enough of 8 im
portant nutnents, as well as plen
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supplies that provided families
with the nutrient levels recom
mended by-the National Research
Council. However, because these
allowances provide a safety mar
gin for most nutrients, families
whose diets fell short of recom
mendations were not necessarily
suffering from malnutrition.
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In about a third of the house
holds, diets did not meet calcium
recommendations, usually be
cause they did not contain enough
milk. Because their consumption
of vitamin C-nch fruits and vege
tables was too low, a quarter of
the households were not getting
enough of this vital nutrient But
90 per cent of the households
surveyed got at least two-thnds of
the allowances for vitamin C and
calcium, and over 90 per cent of
(hem got at least two-thirds ot al
lowances for the other nutrients
studied piotein, iron, thiamine,
iiboflavin, nacine, and vitamin A
“Dietary Levels of Households
in the United States" is the sixth
in a series of publications drawn
from the USDA food consumption
survey The hist five reports pre
sent data on quantities of food
used m households The calcula
tions on nutrient corifent of home
food supplies given in Report No.
6 are based on the quantity data.
Four future reports will furnish
statistical information on dietaiy
levels in the Northeastern, North
Central, Southern, and Western
regions of the United States.
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Potato Storage
Stocks Above
Last Year
Storage stocks of fall poi aloes
held by growcis and local dealeis
on March 1 totaled 59.2 imllion
cwt, according to the Crop Re
porting Boaid
This is 21 "or cent abov«
March 1 1956, holdings and 14
per cent above the 1950-55 aver
age
Disappe ranee' ot storage
potatoes during February of
this \ear totaled 20 1 million
cwt Thii is 2 2 million above
average February disappearance
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cei itv, is what runs many
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