WHAT IS AMERICA EATING? -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I Eating Patterns, Nutrition, and Health in the United States -- The Joint Nutrition Monitoring Evaluation Committee -- JNMEC FUNCTIONS -- JNMEC ORGANIZATION -- HISTORY OF THE JNMEC -- Implementation Plan -- FIRST JNMEC REPORT -- Data Sources -- PROGRESS -- NFCS and NHANES -- Methodology Studies -- Nutritional Status Standards -- Health Status -- Nutrient Composition of Foods -- Future Surveys -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Nutritional Status of the U.S. Population: Iron, Vitamin C, and Zinc -- DATA SOURCES -- IRON -- Data from NHANES II -- Data from NFCS -- VITAMIN C -- Data from NHANES II -- Data from NFCS -- ZINC -- Data from NHANES II -- Data on Dietary Intake -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- II What Factors Shape Eating Patterns? -- Introduction -- Economics and Nutrition -- INCOME AND DIET -- Income and Nutrient Intake -- Income and Food Consumption Patterns -- PRICES AND DIET -- EFFICIENCY IN FOOD CONSUMPTION -- Dietary Efficiency -- The USDA Food Plans -- Least-Cost Diets -- IMPORTANT CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES -- THE NEW HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS -- Food and Nutrition Profiles -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The Acquisition of Likes and Dislikes for Foods -- PSYCHOLOGICAL CATEGORIES OF ACCEPTED AND REJECTED FOOD SUBSTANCES -- Sensory Properties -- Anticipated Consequences -- Ideational Factors -- DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT PREFERENCES AND ATTITUDES TOWARD FOOD -- Distaste Versus Danger -- Good Taste Versus Beneficial -- Disgust Versus Inappropriate -- Transvaluation, the Opposite of Disgust, and the Positive-Negative Balance -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Factors That Shape Eating Patterns: A Consumer Behavior Perspective -- CONSUMER BEHAVIOR THEORIES AND RESEARCH -- The Physiological Approach -- The Social Approach -- The Economic Psychology Approach.

The Learning Theory Approach -- The Cognitive Approach -- INFORMATION PROCESSING -- Information Acquisition -- Information Organization -- Information Utilization -- Nutrition Information Processing -- Future Research -- CONCLUDING COMMENT -- REFERENCES -- III Eating Trends and Nutritional Consequences -- Introduction -- NFCS AND HANES -- Meal Patterns -- Snacking -- Compliance with Nutritional Guidance -- Food Choice -- REFERENCES -- Snacking and Eating Away from Home -- METHODS -- Data -- Analyses -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FOR SNACKING -- Identification of Persons Who Snacked -- Diet Quality of Snackers -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FOR AWAY-FROM-HOME EATING -- Identification of Away-from-Home Meal Consumers -- Diet Quality of Away-front-Home Meal Consumers -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FOR COMBINED ANALYSIS OF SNACKING AND EATING AWAY FROM HOME -- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Variety in Foods -- REVIEW OF LITERATURE -- METHODS -- Study Population -- Variety Measure -- Dietary Quality Measures -- RESULTS -- Extent of Variety -- Relationship Between Variety and Various Quality Measures -- SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- IV Perspectives on Nutrition Programs, Policy, and Research -- Introduction -- The Role of Nutrition Research in Policy and Program Planning -- REFERENCES -- The Food Industry and Nutrition -- REFERENCES -- Nutrition Education -- EATING PATTERNS OF THE NUTRITIONALLY VULNERABLE -- Recommendations -- FOOD GUIDANCE SYSTEMS -- Recommendations -- PREVENTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC DIETS -- Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Assessment of Diet Quality and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Nutrition Policy and Research -- POLICY -- RESEARCH -- PROGRAMS -- REFERENCES -- Legal Advocacy for the Hungry and Malnourished: How Can Nutrition Scientists Help? -- DOCUMENTING HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION.

IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF CHILD NUTRITION -- REFERENCES -- Participants and Coauthors -- Index.