Nutritional Quality of Foods Acquired by Americans: Findings From USDA’s National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey

by Lisa Mancino, Joanne Guthrie, Michele Ver Ploeg, and Biing-Hwan Lin

ERS investigates possible influences on the foods Americans purchase or otherwise acquire, including consumer income levels, food sources (stores and other sources), food-source access, and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

See related Amber Waves article: Supermarkets, Schools, and Social Gatherings: Where SNAP and Other U.S. Households Acquire Their Foods Correlates With Nutritional Quality.

Keywords: FoodAPS, food purchasing, SNAP, food store access, food away from home, food at home, Healthy Eating Index-2010, nutritional quality

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