New research has found that most people in the United States substantially overrate the quality of their diet.
The study, presented this week at Nutrition 2022 Live Online, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition, was led by Jessica Thomson, PhD, research epidemiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. The investigators assessed whether the question, “How healthy is your diet?” could be used as a screening tool for nutrition studies — to replace or complement the dietary questionnaires commonly used in nutrition research.
“We found that only a small percentage of U.S. adults can accurately assess the healthfulness of their diet, and interestingly, it’s mostly those who perceive their diet as poor,” Thomson said in a statement.
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