According to multiple surveys from 2020 to 2021, the main reason given by respondents in the United States explaining why they do not eat healthier is that it is too expensive. Nearly 19 percent of respondents gave this explanation in the fourth quarter of 2021. During 2021, the share of respondents who gave this answer has increased by four percent. The share of survey respondents who stated that they think they do eat healthy decreased from 35 percent in the first quarter of 2020 to 30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Consumers' reasons for not eating healthier in the United States in 2022, quarterly percentages
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