“(T)he overall dietary quality remains poor. Better dietary quality was associated with higher socioeconomic status, and the gap widened with time. Future efforts to improve nutrition should address these disparities,” wrote the authors.
An Associated Press story said, “Scores for low-income adults were lower than the average and barely budged during the years studied. They averaged almost four points lower than those for high-income adults at the beginning; the difference increased to more than six points in 2009-10.”
Researchers “noted that the significant reduction in trans fat consumption suggests that collective actions, such as legislation and taxation, are more effective in supporting people’s healthy choices than actions that depend solely on individual, voluntary behavior change,” said the Harvard School of Public Health, which conducted the study. Among all groups, women had higher-quality diets than men.
To read the abstract of the study, click here.