December 15/Washington/MediaPost News -- The average American’s diet meets most of the nutritional guidelines recommended in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s MyPlate only seven days out of a full year, according to a new analysis from The NPD Group.
NPD used its ongoing tracking of Americans’ daily eating and drinking habits through its National Eating Trends (NET) research to compare these habits over the past five years with the new MyPlate guidelines, which replaced the old Food Pyramid guidelines in January. (The new MyPlate icon debuted in June.)