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How Much Time Do Americans Spend on Food?

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  • Hamrick, Karen S.
  • Andrews, Margaret
  • Guthrie, Joanne
  • Hopkins, David
  • McClelland, Ket

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This report uses data from the 2006-08 ERS Eating & Health Module of the American Time Use Survey to present an overview of Americans’ eating and other food-related time use patterns, including grocery shopping and meal preparation, and teenage time use patterns in relation to school meals. On an average day, Americans age 15 and older spent 67 minutes eating and drinking as a “primary” or main activity, and 23.5 minutes eating and 63 minutes drinking beverages (except plain water) while doing something such as watching television, driving, or working. Eleven percent of the population spent at least 4.5 hours on an average day engaged in eating and drinking activities.

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  • Hamrick, Karen S. & Andrews, Margaret & Guthrie, Joanne & Hopkins, David & McClelland, Ket, 2011. "How Much Time Do Americans Spend on Food?," Economic Information Bulletin 291940, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersib:291940
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.291940
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    4. Zaiceva, Anzelika, 2022. "Multitasking," IZA Discussion Papers 15681, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. Hamrick, Karen S., 2012. "Nonresponse Bias Analysis of Body Mass Index in the Eating and Health Module," Technical Bulletins 184303, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Rebecca L. C. Taylor, 2020. "A Mixed Bag: The Hidden Time Costs of Regulating Consumer Behavior," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 7(2), pages 345-378.
    7. Hamrick, Karen & Okrent, Abigail, 2014. "The Role of Time in Fast-Food Purchasing Behavior in the United States," Economic Research Report 191034, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    8. Benjamin Scharadin & Yang Yu & Edward C. Jaenicke, 2021. "Household time activities, food waste, and diet quality: the impact of non-marginal changes due to COVID-19," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 399-428, June.
    9. Bencsik, Panka & Lusher, Lester & Taylor, Rebecca, 2021. "Slow Traffic, Fast Food," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 313856, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    10. Hamrick, Karen S. & McClelland, Ket, 2016. "Americans' Eating Patterns and Time Spent on Food: The 2014 Eating & Health Module Data," Economic Information Bulletin 262141, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    11. Taylor, Rebecca L.C., 2019. "Bag leakage: The effect of disposable carryout bag regulations on unregulated bags," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 254-271.
    12. Karen S Hamrick & Margaret Andrews, 2016. "SNAP Participants’ Eating Patterns over the Benefit Month: A Time Use Perspective," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(7), pages 1-18, July.
    13. Hamrick, Karen S., 2012. "Nonresponse Bias Analysis of Body Mass Index Data in the Eating and Health Module," Technical Bulletins 131556, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    14. Joshua Berning & Rebecca Cleary & Alessandro Bonanno, 2023. "Food insecurity and time use in elderly vs. non‐elderly: An exploratory analysis," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(1), pages 280-299, March.
    15. Zaiceva, A., 2022. "Multitasking," MERIT Working Papers 2022-031, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

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