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Lockdown Changed the Grocery Cart, but It Didn’t Last
- A study of 9,367,550 grocery baskets found that U.S. households bought less processed food during pandemic lockdowns.
- After restrictions ended, spending on ultra-processed foods rose above pre-2020 levels and remained higher.
- Researchers led by Guanlan Hu analyzed purchase records from more than 30,000 households between 2017 and 2022.
- The findings contribute to debate over a federal definition of ultra-processed food.
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Washington TimesLockdown changed the grocery cart, but it didn't last
American households moved toward less processed food during pandemic lockdowns. Once restrictions were lifted, ultra-processed food spending climbed back and kept climbing, settling above where it stood before 2020.
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Lockdown changed the grocery cart, but it didn’t last
A study of 9.4 million grocery baskets found ultra-processed food spending rose above pre-pandemic levels once lockdowns ended.The post Lockdown changed the grocery cart, but it didn’t last appeared first
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