The typical American diet consists of about 37 percent fat.

Keep in mind what a "typical American diet" looks like.

None of which is an argument for the standard American diet.

About 40 percent of the calories in the typical American diet now come from fat.

"Cheese is the single biggest source of fat in the average American diet, even more than red meat."

But scientists working for the food companies say they hope to improve the American diet from within.

No foreign food: the American diet in time and place.

The battlefield is the American diet, particularly that of the nation's teenagers.

Red meat is a major source of saturated fat in the American diet.

It was at this time that alcohol became an important part of the American diet.