Between 1980 and 2000, U.S. women's absolute fat intake increased by 11% even as their relative fat intake (fat as a percentage of total calories) declined by 9%.
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- Rethinking Dietary Guidelines - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5304a3.htm (cdc.gov)
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408398.2010.526846 (tandfonline.com)