{"id":231059,"date":"2025-05-07T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=231059"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:56:21","slug":"americans-on-healthy-food-and-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2025\/05\/07\/americans-on-healthy-food-and-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans on Healthy Food and Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"

About half say healthiness of food is important when deciding what to eat. But taste and cost matter more<\/h2>\n\n\n
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How we did this<\/summary>\n

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans\u2019 eating behaviors and priorities. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,123 U.S. adults from Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone who took part in the survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection. Interviews were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the questions used for this analysis<\/a>, the topline<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

As food prices have crept up<\/a>, eating healthy has gotten tougher for many Americans. An overwhelming majority (90%) of adults say healthy food has gotten more expensive in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And 69% say these price hikes make it more difficult for them to eat healthy. These are among the findings from a Pew Research Center survey conducted from Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025, among 5,123 U.S. adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond supermarket sticker shock, Americans\u2019 mealtime choices also are playing out against the backdrop of several other dynamics: rising obesity levels<\/a>, proliferation of food delivery options<\/a>, and a wave of diet trends and recommendations on social media<\/a>. We conducted this survey to understand U.S. adults\u2019 priorities and behaviors around healthy food and eating. This study builds on our previous work looking at Americans\u2019 attitudes about and experiences with emerging health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n