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A research division within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this group produced studies and reports on food consumption, household spending, and the economics of nutrition. Its publications helped explain how American families buy, use, and think about food.

by United States. Agricultural Research Service. Human Nutrition Research Division, Institute of Home Economics (U.S.), United States. Agricultural Research Service. Consumer and Food Economics Research Division

by United States. Agricultural Research Service. Consumer and Food Economics Research Division

by United States. Agricultural Research Service. Consumer and Food Economics Research Division

by United States. Agricultural Research Service. Human Nutrition Research Division, United States. Agricultural Research Service. Consumer and Food Economics Research Division
This author credit refers to a government research unit rather than a single person. The Consumer and Food Economics Research Division was part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, and it published work focused on food economics, consumer behavior, and nutrition-related issues.
Its reports and bulletins were designed to support public understanding and policy by gathering data on how households spent money on food, how diets changed, and how economic conditions shaped everyday choices. In older USDA publications, divisions like this often appeared as the listed author because the work was produced collectively by staff researchers and analysts.
Today, readers are most likely to encounter this name on historical government documents, statistical studies, and reference works related to food consumption and family economics in the United States.