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| Title: | The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans, 2007 |
| Authors: | Carlson, Andrea
Lino, Mark
Fungwe, Thomas V. |
| Authors (Email): | Carlson, Andrea (andi.carlson@cnpp.usda.gov)
Lino, Mark (mark.lino@cnpp.usda.gov)
Fungwe, Thomas (Thomas.fungwe@cnpp.usda.gov) |
| Keywords: | USDA Food Plans
Low-Cost Food Plan
Moderate-Cost Food Plan
Liberal Food Plan
Diet Quality
Cost of Food |
| Issue Date: | 2007-11 |
| Series/Report no.: | CNPP
20 |
| Abstract: | The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans, three fundamental parts of the
U.S. food guidance system, have been revised by USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy
and Promotion, with assistance from USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, Economic
Research Service, and Agricultural Research Service. The plans provide representative
healthful market baskets at three different cost levels. This revision maintains the same
inflation-adjusted costs as those of the previous three food plans, last revised in 2003.
In line with previous food plans, an assumption used to develop these plans was
that all purchased food is consumed at home. The newly revised (2007) Low-Cost,
Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans differ from, and improve upon, the previous
versions in a number of ways:
• The Plans are based on the most current dietary standards: the 2005 Dietary
Guidelines for Americans as well as the 2005 MyPyramid Food Guidance System.
• The Plans use the latest data on food consumption, nutrient content, and food prices:
the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2001-
2002 Food Price Database.
• The Plans offer a more realistic reflection of the time available for home food
preparation; hence, each plan incorporates more prepared foods within the recipes
and requires fewer preparations from scratch. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/45850 |
| Institution/Association: | United States Department of Agriculture>Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion>CNPP Reports |
| Total Pages: | 80 |
| Collections: | CNPP Reports
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