Atwater and his colleagues began studying food consumption in the closing years of the nineteenth century and from the very start devoted much effort to collecting data from poor and minority households. This paper reviews some of the fruits of these labors, particularly from the standpoint of what they contribute toward a better historical understanding of American food habits and nutrition. It surveys dietary data from African American, Appalachian white, Mexican American, native-born poor, and immigrant households. These data shed light on several areas of historical concern, including rural versus urban nutrition, seasonal hunger, class disparities, and food-habit change. I suggest the economically and culturally diverse sample of dietary patterns that comes to us as a legacy of the Atwater era sets the stage for a history of American food habits considerably more sophisticated than has been realized to date.

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100年前，美国贫穷和少数族裔的饮食和营养。

Atwater和他的同事们在19世纪末期开始研究食物的消耗，从一开始就投入了大量的精力来收集贫困和少数族裔家庭的数据。本文回顾了这些劳动的某些成果，特别是从它们有助于更好地了解美国饮食习惯和营养的历史角度出发。它调查了来自非裔美国人，阿巴拉契亚白人，墨西哥裔美国人，当地出生的穷人和移民家庭的饮食数据。这些数据揭示了一些历史上令人关注的领域，包括农村与城市的营养，季节性饥饿，阶级差距和饮食习惯的改变。