Improved diet quality with peanut consumption.

Objective: To evaluate the diet quality of free-living men, women, and children choosing peanuts and peanut products.

Design: Using data reported in the Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals and Diet and Health Knowledge Survey (CSFII/DHKS) from 1994-1996, food codes were used to sort respondents by use or nonuse of peanuts.

Subjects: A nationally representative sample of 4,751 men, 4,572 women, and 4,939 children (boys and girls, 2-19 yrs) who completed 2-day intake records.