Processed meats remain a major part of the average American’s diet. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Raysonho@ Open Grid Scheduler/Grid Engine)

Well, the results are in. After years and years of nutritionists telling Americans to eat fewer processed meats and more fish, Americans are eating (drumroll please) … exactly the same amounts as they did 18 years ago.

A research team at Tufts University in Boston crunched the numbers, and published their study today in the Journal of the Academy of Nut