Americans’ Behaviors, Attitudes And Knowledge Of Nutrition

This Nutrition Trends Survey shows that fewer Americans are reading labels and that there is greater public awareness of the food pyramid.

79% of Americans believe that nutrition is an important factor to health.

39% of Americans believe they are doing everything they can to eat healthy.

The biggest barriers noted to eating well were:

• Fear of giving up foods (40%)
• Confusion over nutritional studies/information (23%)
• Belief that healthy eating is too time consuming (21%)

72% of Americans believe that foods are either “good” or “bad.”