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%.