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FAT IN THE NATIONAL DIET
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... In a rib roast of beef, fat furnishes over 82 percent of the calories when both lean and fat are eaten but only 50 percent when the separable fat is discarded. In 1963, the total fat of foods marketed in the United States provided 145 grams of fat per person per day (190)
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... Potatoes and sweetpotatoes 100 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 Figure 3. Trends in per capita civilian consumption of selected foodstuffs, using constant retail prices as index weights.
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... . Some indication of the trends in food consumption in the United States is shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3.
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  • american diet
  • capita civilian
  • constant retail
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  • linoleic acid
  • civilian consumption
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  • polyunsaturated fatty

  • index weights
  • fat contributes
  • products excluding
  • bakery products
  • selected foods

  • using constant
  • diet comes
  • canned pink
  • fat accounts
  • marketed foods

  • oleic acid
  • dairy products
  • foods marketed
  • total fat
  • following approximations

  • chipped beef
  • cooked frankfurters
  • food consumption
  • caloric value
  • fats purchased


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