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MEN'S HEALTH WEEK SURVEY
So, If Food’s So Great, How Come Your Diet Isn’t?
People may think food is the best thing since sliced bread, but they sure aren’t
eating that way. The majority of adults think their diet could be healthier, and most have
a litany of excuses for it. Incredibly, despite their belief in the preventive power of
food, most say they don’t eat well because they’re not coping with a current
health problem.
Nineteen percent of all adults think their diet could be a lot
healthier, and an additional 46 percent say it could be somewhat healthier.
Why is my diet not as healthy as it could possibly be?
Twenty-nine percent say it’s because they do not currently have a health problem
like cancer or heart disease.
- Men are more likely than women to give this excuse (36% vs. 24%).
Twenty-six percent say it’s because they’re not trying to lose weight.
- Men are more likely than women to give this excuse (29% vs. 23%).
Twenty-one percent say it’s because healthy food tastes awful.
- Men are more likely than women say this (25% vs. 17%).
Sixteen percent say it’s because their doctor hasn’t told them to.
- Men are more likely than women to be waiting for their doctors
permission to eat
healthfully (18% vs. 13%).
Why People’s Diets Aren’t
As Healthy
As They Could Possibly Be
(Based on those whose diets aren’t as healthy as
they could possibly be)
|
|
-----
Sex ----- |
| Reasons |
Total
% |
Men
% |
Women
% |
Don't have a serious health
problem
like cancer or heart disease |
29 |
36 |
24 |
| Not trying to lose weight |
26 |
29 |
23 |
| Healthy foods taste awful |
21 |
25 |
17 |
| Eating healthy is too
expensive |
19 |
14 |
23 |
Doctor hasn't told me to
start
eating more healthfully |
16 |
18 |
13 |
Getting a little too old to
worry about
a healthy diet |
8 |
9 |
6 |
| Healthy foods give me an
upset stomach |
6 |
5 |
6 |
| None of these reasons |
34 |
33 |
36 |
| Interviews |
(894) |
(452) |
(442) |
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