Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
What Is America Eating and Where? USDA’s Interactive Website Has Answers
Chicago Tribune (blog) – February 26, 2010
When First Lady Michelle Obama launched her "Let's Move" campaign recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture must have heard her loud and clear…… One new feature: an interactive mapping tool called Your Food Environment Atlas…. If that isn’t enough…check out the numbers, graphs and data packed into a section focusing on a century of eating in America.
USDA Food Availability Data System Tracks Eating Trends
Food Product Design, Natural Products Marketplace – February 19, 2010
The Food Availability Data System contains 100 years of data for many of the several hundred food commodities covered…. USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS), which created and maintains the data system, updates it annually….
Eating Out Leads to Weight Gain
Food Product Design, Natural Products Marketplace – February 18, 2010
For the average consumer, eating one meal away from home each week increases daily intake by about 134 calories and translates to roughly two extra pounds each year, according to a new study from the USDA’s Economic Research Service.
You Are Where You Eat: Government Releases Interactive Map of American Dietary Habits
Fast Company – February 16, 2010
…Michelle Obama announced the launch of a new Web tool, the Food Environment Atlas…. Developed by the USDA’s Economic Research Service, the atlas….is yet another sign of the Obama administration's commitment to making large data sets accessible and intelligible to the general public.
Mapping How Environment Impacts Childhood Obesity
USA Today – February 9, 2010
A new web-based mapping tool makes it possible to compare U.S. counties in terms of their food environments. The Your Food Environment Atlas was developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service…
Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Obesity Campaign Program Elements
Chicago Sun-Times – February 9, 2010
… Empower Change: USDA has created the first-ever interactive database – the Food Environment Atlas – that maps healthy food environments…across the country. It will help people identify the existence of food deserts, high incidences of diabetes, and other conditions in their communities…..
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