I’m speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival: Health. I’ll be interviewed by Helena Bottemiller Evich of FoodFix from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m.. Topic: “Making sense of nutrition science.”
USDA’s Economic Research Service reports on trends in food consumption, with enlightening charts. I thought this one was worth a close look.
The chart shows the proportion of income spent for total food—roughly 11% in 2022, a level last reached in 1991. Food costs are going up—a lot.
The proportions spent inside and outside the home are roughly the same.
The drop in away-from-home eating in 2020 and 2021 was due to pandemic, restrictions of course, but is now recovering.
The decline in at-home eating is a long-term trend, reflecting major changes in American society.
The rise in away-from-home eating has health implications.
Away-from-home meals:
Bring back home economics?