In a new study from The Ohio State University, researchers found the vast majority of American adults eat a dietary pattern that falls short of meeting national dietary guidelines for cancer prevention.
They also showed that people with a body mass index (BMI) in the obese range were the least likely to adhere to the dietary recommendations intended to reduce the risk for cancer.
In the study, the team analyzed the dietary intake of more than 30,000 American adults according to BMI.
Though the percentages of American adults who met each food source category differed, between almost 63% and 73% fell short of the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables and whole grains, and roughly 90% failed to meet the 30 grams of fiber per day recommendation.
Almost 70% of the participants were classified as overweight or obese, and adults in the obesity range (35.9% of all participants) were much less likely than other adults to meet recommended intakes of fiber, fruit, non-starchy vegetables and whole grains.
Adults with obesity were also more likely to exceed the recommended 18 ounces per week of red meat and to have consumed fast food on the day of survey participation.
All groups, on average, consumed more added sugars than the recommended maximum of less than 10% of overall daily calories.
The team says these results may also reflect common “reductionist” views of dietary patterns among Americans – namely, the fixation on fad diets that often exclude certain food groups that the public is led to believe can cancel out a lifetime of marginal eating patterns.
The USDA and cancer-prevention agencies are the most reliable sources for not just what the guidelines are, but how to incorporate them into daily life.
Meeting some of the guidelines is far better than disregarding expert advice altogether: Eat out at fast-food restaurants a little less often and find tasty ways to incorporate more vegetables, grains and beans into meals prepared at home.
If you can’t exercise the suggested 150 minutes per week, then simply sit less and move more. And as you make such changes, do it gradually, in a way that is sustainable – and ideally, for the rest of your life.
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The study is published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. One author of the study is Colleen Spees.
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