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BOSTON (AP) — Affluent Americans are eating
more like poor people. And that’s actually a good thing.
A major new review of U.S. eating habits shows a
wholesale shift away from high-fat foods over the
past 30 years. While this is hardly a surprise, the
report shows that the change has meant a healthier
diet for everyone.
Contrary to what many would assume, the study
found that in 1965, poor blacks ate far better than
well-off whites. Their diets included more grains and
beans and less fat.
While differing tastes probably played a role, one
reason was economic: Unlike the wealthy, the poor
then simply could not afford to fill up on luxury
foods like red meat and butter.
The researchers saw a 5 percent drop in fat con
sumption since the 1960s. Everyone’s diet has
changed, including poor blacks, who are eating less
whole milk, red meat and bacon than ever before.
However, the shift has affected them less than it has
well-off whites or, for that matter, affluent blacks.
“Low-income blacks have always had a much bet
ter diet, so the changes have been less,” said Dr.
Anna Marie Siega-Riz, one of the researchers.
The study, directed by Dr. Barry M. Popkin of the
University of North Carolina, was published in
Thursday’s issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine.
Popkin said contrary to what some people
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believe, poor people don’t stuff themselves
snack foods more than other people do. Andhi]
obesity rates among low-income people can
blamed on declines in physical activity rather li
diet, he said.
The work, financed in part by Kellogg Corp.,i
based on a review of U.S. Department of Agriculi
surveys of 32,000 Americans between 1965 andl!
People’s diets were rated on a scale from zero to
The lower the number, the better the food. Aha
diet was considered to be a score of four or less.
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In 1965, 16 percent of poor blacks scored be 10 ld proverb;
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four, as did 9 percent of poor whites and 5 percei
well-off whites. By 1991, 24 percent of poor bis s eyes as well
scored in this healthy category. So did 20 percet j s a 4_ ni i
poor whites and 20 percent of wealthy whites.
“The dietary trends in Americans have been
ven mainly by fat,” Popkin said. “Everybody
decreased their fat intake.”
While few well-off blacks were counted in dies
surveys, in later years the surveys showed thau ;sa nd meals
diets are more like wealthy whites than poor black j 0 g ij ves w itl
Health experts recommend that people
plenty of grains and beans, and here the new
not entirely good.
The study found that while affluent whitest
increased their intake of these foods from fourtoi
servings a day, consumption has actually fa ;{ j a guide-dc
among poor blacks — from six a day to five
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