Convenience Stores: Source of Food/Beverages among Adults: What We Eat in America, NHANES 2013-2016

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In: FSRG Dietary Data Briefs [Internet]. Beltsville (MD): United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); 2010. Dietary Data Brief No. 27.
2020 Jun.

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In the U.S. there are about 150,000 convenience stores, more than three times the number of grocery stores (1,2). Food and beverage sales in convenience stores have increased over the past several years (2,3). This report presents results on convenience stores as a source of food and beverage consumption among U.S. adults, 20 years and older, using data from What We Eat in America, NHANES 2013 – 2016. For this report, convenience stores also include dollar stores, drug stores, gas stations, gift shops and liquor/beer stores.

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