A new report from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that fast food has indeed become a major part of the American diet.
Data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) showed that between the years 2013 and 2016, about 37 percent of American adults consumed fast food on any given day.
Study author and CDC health statistician Cheryl Fryar said that the number is equivalent to about 84.8 million adults consuming fast food on any given day in the United States.
“We focused on fast food for this report because fast food has played an important role in the American diet in recent decades,” Fryar told CNN.
People between 20 and 39 years old were the most likely to said that they consumed fast food during the past day, at nearly 45 percent. They were followed by people in the 40 to 59 age bracket, 38 percent of whom said they consumed fast food in the past day. The rate in people older than 60 years old is 24 percent.
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