Between 1999 and 2020, the percentage of adults with poor diets – those low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and high in processed meats, saturated fat, and sodium – fell from nearly 49% to about 36%. During the same period, the number of people with intermediate diets increased from 50% to 61%, and those with ideal diets went up slightly from 0.66% to 1.58%.