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Americans on Healthy Food and Eating

Americans who say they eat home cooking every day report healthier diets

Americans who say they eat home cooking every day report healthier diets

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Americans on Healthy Food and Eating
About 1 in 5 Americans say their diets are extremely or very healthy
Taste matters most to Americans when deciding what food to get – then cost, healthiness and convenience
Most Americans say the increased cost of healthy food makes it harder for them to eat healthy
Americans who say they eat home cooking every day report healthier diets
Nearly half of U.S. adults with lower incomes say the increased cost of healthy food makes it a lot harder for them to eat healthy
Americans eat home-cooked meals much more often than they eat out or order in
Roughly half of Americans say they are highly confident they know which foods are healthy for them
65% of Americans say it’s easy to find healthy food close to them