<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:0f1777fe-4026-476c-b699-18a8655dd825" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <h1 class="backtitle"><a id="p179"/> With more food choices than ever...</h1> <p class="center"><b>DIETARY DIVERSITY</b></p> <p class="left">The number of food products introduced into the U.S. food market classified as condiments, candy, snacks, and bakery foods parallels the increasing prevalence of obesity—expressed here as body mass index (BMI)—and has increased strikingly out of proportion to new vegetable and fruit products. BMI is a health-based measure of weight for height.</p> <p class="follow"/> <p class="follow"><img alt="[Image]" class="art" id="fig_FatLand_189_1" src="images/FatLand_189_1.jpg" width="100%"/></p> <p class="left">Adapted with permission from the <em>American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.</em> © <em>American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.</em> American Society for Clinical Nutrition.</p> </body> </html>