Most Americans (87%) say they are making an effort to eat healthy.
New York/PRNewswire -- Most Americans (87%) say they are making an effort to eat healthy -- and with good reason, as a majority say they or someone in their household monitor or restrict their intake of a nutritional component like gluten or sugar, according to a new Harris Poll. Six in 10 American adults (60%, a slight uptick from 57% in 2011) say they restrict at least one nutritional component from their diet.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,234 adults surveyed online between March 12 and 17, 2014. Sugar (36%, up from 32% in 2011) and sodium/salt (36%) top the list of ingredients American households have at least one person restricting or monitoring, followed by carbohydrates (22%). Over one in 10 say they or a member of their household monitors/restricts intake of dairy (13%, up from 10% in 2011), meat or meat products (also 13%, up from 10%) and lactose (11%). The percentage saying they or someone in their household monitors or restricts gluten intake has nearly doubled over the past three years, to 10% today from 6% in 2011.