U.S. Food Commodity Consumption Broken Down by Demographics, 1994-2008

by Biing-Hwan Lin, Jean C. Buzby, Tobenna D. Anekwe, and Jeanine Bentley

ERS researchers used national food intake survey data and USDA's Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities Databases to break down Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data for 63 commodities by consumers' age, gender, income, race/ethnicity, and education.

Keywords: Food availability, food consumption, commodity consumption, Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System, Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals, Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, What We Eat in America, CSFII, FADS, LAFA, NHANES, WWEIA.

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