Key results include:

  • Food away from home (FAFH) spending remains at its May level despite continually rising prices.
  • Households closer to the coasts are spending much more per week on food.
  • Households farther from the coasts are experiencing higher rates of food insecurity.
  • National food insecurity remains unchanged heading into the holidays.
  • Intra-region differences in food behaviors demonstrate that broad geographic labels like
    Northeast vs. South are unhelpful for comparing the food preferences of Americans.
  • Americans primarily blame reduced physical activity for the rise in national obesity rates and
    rank better access to healthy foods as their top policy priority for improving overall health.

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Published:
December 14, 2022

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