New Survey Looks at American Eating Habits
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Forget about money and sex, food is our real passion, judging by a new poll in Parade magazine.
The “What America Eats” survey is chock full of tidbits from “What We Pack In Our Kids’ Lunch Boxes” (mainly sandwiches, salty snacks and fruit drinks) to “The Most Popular Celeb Chef” (Rachael Ray crushes Gordon Ramsay, 29 percent to 16 percent.)
Other notable revelations:
- Twenty-five percent of Americans now eat organic food, double that from a decade ago.
- Pizza is the number one fast food.
- Seven percent say they eat breakfast on the run.
- Iced coffee is ordered with five percent of all breakfast meals.
- Forty-one percent of Americans claim they’ve been on a diet in the past year while 30 percent say they’ve gone on a diet.
- When it comes to washing produce before eating it, 30 percent say they always, 41 percent say every chance they get and 15 percent will wash produce if it looks like it needs washing.
- Forty percent of all snacks consumed are either eaten with or instead of a main meal.
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