The contribution of subsidized food commodities to total energy intake among US adults

The contribution of subsidized food commodities to total food consumption is unknown. We estimated the proportion of individual energy intake from food commodities receiving the largest subsidies from 1995 to 2010 (corn, soyabeans, wheat, rice, sorghum, dairy and livestock). Integrating information...

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Published in:Public health nutrition 2016-06, Vol.19 (8), p.1348-1357
Main Authors: Siegel, Karen R, McKeever Bullard, Kai, Ali, Mohammed K, Stein, Aryeh D, Kahn, Henry S, Mehta, Neil K, Webb Girard, Amy, Narayan, KM, Imperatore, Giuseppina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Agricultural policy
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture - economics
Commodities
Corn syrup
Diabetes
Diet
Energy Intake
Feeds
Financing, Government
Food
Fruits
Grain
Humans
Income
Livestock
Meat products
Middle Aged
Monitoring and surveillance
Nutrition
Nutrition Surveys
Research Papers
Rice
Sorghum
Soybeans
Subsidies
Triticum aestivum
United States
Vegetables
Wheat
Young Adult
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Summary:The contribution of subsidized food commodities to total food consumption is unknown. We estimated the proportion of individual energy intake from food commodities receiving the largest subsidies from 1995 to 2010 (corn, soyabeans, wheat, rice, sorghum, dairy and livestock). Integrating information from three federal databases (MyPyramid Equivalents, Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities, and What We Eat in America) with data from the 2001-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, we computed a Subsidy Score representing the percentage of total energy intake from subsidized commodities. We examined the score's distribution and the probability of having a 'high' (≥70th percentile) v. 'low' (≤30th percentile) score, across the population and subgroups, using multivariate logistic regression. Community-dwelling adults in the USA. Participants (n 11 811) aged 18-64 years. Median Subsidy Score was 56·7 % (interquartile range 47·2-65·4 %). Younger, less educated, poorer, and Mexican Americans had higher scores. After controlling for covariates, age, education and income remained independently associated with the score: compared with individuals aged 55-64 years, individuals aged 18-24 years had a 50 % higher probability of having a high score (P
ISSN:1368-9800
1475-2727
DOI:10.1017/S1368980015002414