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. 2019 Oct 15;14(10):e0223098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223098

Table 1. Percent of respondents with four different views on how healthy should be defined.

Single foods can be considered healthy or unhealthy Only a whole diet can be considered healthy or unhealthy Total
Healthiness based on nutrients alone 26.5% (Food-Nutrient Focus: health based on a food’s nutrients) 25.6%
(Diet-Nutrient Focus: health based on nutrients from whole diet)
52.1%
Healthiness based on more than nutrient content 21.4% (Food-Nonnutritive Focus: health based on a food’s entire composition) 26.5%
(Diet- Nonnutritive Focus: health based on holistic consumption pattern)
47.9%
Total 47.9% 52.1%

Note: sampling error for each statistic is ±2.7%.