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The proportion of U.S. adults with poor diet quality remains high.
Practitioners should be aware that many adults still have poor diet quality.
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the proportion with poor diet quality remains high.
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Based on cross-sectional study design.
Source
Trends in Diet Quality Among U.S. Adults From 1999 to 2020 by Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Disadvantage
Junxiu Liu et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2024
DOI 10.7326/m24-0190
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