Cut The CRAP! Highly processed foods dominate US grocers
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 5:04 pm
This should be no surprise to anyone familiar with my work, as I have been documenting this and presenting it in both my writings and presentations for many years. I also posted the most recent update to these figures in the thread, The Current American Diet - The Bad & The Ugly.
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=46988
The part that is not shown in any of the above charts/graphs and the study below is that the majority of the people who are buying this CRAP actually believe they are eating healthy because of the way this CRAP is advertised and marketed to them.
Highly processed foods dominate U. S. grocery purchases - More than 80 percent of calories were purchased in ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat form in 2012, and these tended to be higher in fat, sugar and salt (Highly processed foods made up more then 60% of calories)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 141017.htm
Processed Foods the Biggest Chunk of Calories in U.S. Groceries: Study
http://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins- ... 97807.html
Are Food Processing and Convenience Linked with the Nutritional Quality of Foods Purchased by US Households?
April 2015 The FASEB Journal vol. 29 no. 1 Supplement 587.9
http://www.fasebj.org/content/29/1_Supp ... ed7d443e68
Abstract
Processed foods' contribution to US diet and nutrient content have not been accurately assessed. Our objective was to develop a multi-dimensional classification system for food processing, determine nationally representative trends in processed and convenience food purchasing, and compare nutrient profiles of less vs more processed foods. We analyzed food and beverage purchases of 157,142 households from the 2000-2012 Homescan longitudinal panel. We classified each of 1.2 million items by level of processing and separately by convenience using barcode-specific details and ingredients. We used quantile and logistic regression to compare nutrient content and adherence to nutrient recommendations. Over 3/4 of calories purchased by US households came from processed (15.9%) and ultra-processed (61.0%) foods and beverages in 2012 (939 kcal/d per capita). By convenience, ready-to-eat (68.1%) and ready-to-heat (15.2%) products supplied the majority of calories, with a significant upward trend in ready-to-heat foods between 2000 and 2012. The adjusted proportion of household-level food purchases exceeding recommended maximums for saturated fat, sugar, and sodium densities simultaneously was significantly higher for ultra-processed (60.4%) and ready-to-eat (27.1%) food purchases compared to purchases of less-processed foods (5.6%) or foods requiring cooking (4.9%). The unshifting dominance of ultra-processed and ready-to-eat foods as major calorie contributors to US diet and their poor nutrient profile support the need to incentivize food manufacturers to improve the nutritional quality of their products. Funding source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (67506, 68793, 70017, 71837), NIH (R01DK098072), CPC 5 R24 HD050924
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=46988
The part that is not shown in any of the above charts/graphs and the study below is that the majority of the people who are buying this CRAP actually believe they are eating healthy because of the way this CRAP is advertised and marketed to them.
Highly processed foods dominate U. S. grocery purchases - More than 80 percent of calories were purchased in ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat form in 2012, and these tended to be higher in fat, sugar and salt (Highly processed foods made up more then 60% of calories)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 141017.htm
Processed Foods the Biggest Chunk of Calories in U.S. Groceries: Study
http://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins- ... 97807.html
Are Food Processing and Convenience Linked with the Nutritional Quality of Foods Purchased by US Households?
April 2015 The FASEB Journal vol. 29 no. 1 Supplement 587.9
http://www.fasebj.org/content/29/1_Supp ... ed7d443e68
Abstract
Processed foods' contribution to US diet and nutrient content have not been accurately assessed. Our objective was to develop a multi-dimensional classification system for food processing, determine nationally representative trends in processed and convenience food purchasing, and compare nutrient profiles of less vs more processed foods. We analyzed food and beverage purchases of 157,142 households from the 2000-2012 Homescan longitudinal panel. We classified each of 1.2 million items by level of processing and separately by convenience using barcode-specific details and ingredients. We used quantile and logistic regression to compare nutrient content and adherence to nutrient recommendations. Over 3/4 of calories purchased by US households came from processed (15.9%) and ultra-processed (61.0%) foods and beverages in 2012 (939 kcal/d per capita). By convenience, ready-to-eat (68.1%) and ready-to-heat (15.2%) products supplied the majority of calories, with a significant upward trend in ready-to-heat foods between 2000 and 2012. The adjusted proportion of household-level food purchases exceeding recommended maximums for saturated fat, sugar, and sodium densities simultaneously was significantly higher for ultra-processed (60.4%) and ready-to-eat (27.1%) food purchases compared to purchases of less-processed foods (5.6%) or foods requiring cooking (4.9%). The unshifting dominance of ultra-processed and ready-to-eat foods as major calorie contributors to US diet and their poor nutrient profile support the need to incentivize food manufacturers to improve the nutritional quality of their products. Funding source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (67506, 68793, 70017, 71837), NIH (R01DK098072), CPC 5 R24 HD050924