Quality of US Diet Improved Over Last Decade

A new study suggests that a reduction in the consumption of unhealthy trans fats led to improvement in the quality of the U.S. diet in the last decade. However, the gap in overall diet quality widened between the rich and the poor. An unhealthy diet is closely linked to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers. Eating a healthy diet is an important part of the strategy to prevent adverse health outcomes. Evaluating population trends in diet quality is ...