NATIONAL
MEN'S HEALTH WEEK SURVEY
Prevailing Attitudes Toward Shopping & Food
One look at these survey findings, and you might think all of America walks into the
grocery store thinking of nothing but health and with their wallets hanging wide open.
Seventy percent of all adults claim they balance unhealthy food choices with more
healthful ones, and half (54%) say they usually just buy whatever they want and don’t
pay too much attention to price.
But for many people, the grocery store looms as a place to be avoided. One quarter of
adults say they’ll do anything to avoid the grocery store, and looking for a hasty
exit, seventeen percent claim they never pick up more items than they can get through the
express lane.
Men are more likely than women to favor both the express lane and the grocery’s
deli counter.
Here’s where people agree when it comes to food shopping:
Seventy percent agree that they try to balance purchases of healthy and unhealthy
foods.
- Men are less likely than women to strike this balance (65% vs. 75%)
Fifty-four percent agree that they usually just buy whatever they want, regardless of
price.
Forty-three percent of parents say they avoid going grocery shopping with their kids.
- Women are more likely than men to avoid taking the kids (47% vs. 37%)
Twenty-eight percent of all adults agree that they do anything to avoid shopping.
- No gender difference here.
Seventeen percent agree they never pick up more items than they can take through the
express lane.
- Men are more likely than women to say this (20% vs.
14%)
Seventeen percent prefer buying foods that are already prepared from the grocery’s
deli section.
- Men are more likely than women to say this (20% vs. 14%)
Agreement With Each Of The
Following Statements
About Grocery Shopping
|
Total
Agree
% |
-----
Sex ----- |
| Statements |
Men
% |
Women
% |
| Try to balance unhealthy food choices with
healthy ones |
70 |
65 |
75 |
| Usually just buy the things I want and
don't pay attention to price |
54 |
57 |
52 |
| Typically use my bank or credit card to
check-out at the grocery store |
33 |
36 |
31 |
| Avoid going grocery shopping with my kids |
43 |
37 |
47 |
| Do anything to avoid going grocery shopping |
28 |
27 |
29 |
| Usually end up buying a lot of junk food
when I go grocery shopping |
19 |
22 |
16 |
| Never pick up more than I can check out at
the express lane |
17 |
20 |
14 |
| Prefer buying foods from the grocery's deli
section |
17 |
20 |
14 |
| Interviews |
(1003) |
(503) |
(500) |
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