On an average day, 70 percent of children and 61 percent of adults eat sweets, according to the USDA's Food Surveys Research Group. Noti...

Fast food is a big part of the daily diet of American children. On an average day in 2015–18, more than one-third of children aged 2 to 19 (...

During a week's time, Americans eat out an average of five times a week, according to a pre-coronavirus study by the USDA's Economic...

The folks who work for the USDA's Economic Research Service must have a lot of fun analyzing how food fits into the daily routine of the...

Most Americans are late evening snackers, according to the USDA Food Surveys Research Group, which defines late evening as 8 pm to midnight....

American culture may dominate movies and music around the world, but it does not dominate restaurant cuisines, according to a National Burea...

If eating high-fat food was the cause of obesity, then Americans would be losing weight. The fat content of the American diet has fallen sub...

Fast food is a staple of the American diet. More than one-third (37 percent) of adults aged 20 or older eat fast food on an average day, acc...

Seafood is good for you because of the omega-3 fatty acids it contains. That's why the federal government recommends eating at least two...

If you've ever wondered why Americans are increasingly overweight, the American Time Use Survey may have the answer. Not only do we spen...

Five percent of Americans are vegetarians, according to a Gallup survey, and another 3 percent are vegan. Vegetarians are those who do not e...

On an average day, 20 percent of Americans aged 1 or older eat salad, according to the USDA's Food Surveys Research Group. The group def...

It's not who you think it is. Healthy weight adults (with a BMI of 18.5 to 24.99), spent the most time eating on an average day in 2016,...

Thanksgiving is unique in more ways than turkey. It is the only holiday on which Americans spend less time enjoying their meal than they do ...

Americans are spending less on soda than they once did. In 2016, the average household spent $136 on carbonated beverages purchased at groce...

Nearly everyone (95 percent) engages in primary eating and drinking at least once a day, reports the USDA's Economic Research Service. A...

Most of us eat dinner at a restaurant at least once a week, according to a Gallup survey. When Americans are asked how many nights in the pa...

A Pew Research Center survey of the public's attitudes toward food may have revealed how many Americans are foodies. According to  Wikip...

That's right. Fruit and vegetable consumption fell by 27 pounds per capita during the past decade—from 299 pounds per person in 2003 to ...

What is the single most popular type of restaurant in the United States? Fast-food restaurants serving hamburgers, of course. There are 53,0...