This statistic depicts the importance of health and/or sustainability issues when making food purchasing decisions in the United States as of 2017. Healthy and socially conscious was important to about 48 percent of respondents saying they are prioritizing healthy or socially conscious food purchases this year.
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Importance of health and/or sustainability issues when making food purchasing decisions in the United States as of 2017*
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This statistic depicts the importance of health and/or sustainability issues when making food purchasing decisions in the United States as of 2017. Healthy and socially conscious was important to about 48 percent of respondents saying they are prioritizing healthy or socially conscious food purchases this year.
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This statistic depicts the importance of health and/or sustainability issues when making food purchasing decisions in the United States as of 2017. Healthy and socially conscious was important to about 48 percent of respondents saying they are prioritizing healthy or socially conscious food purchases this year.
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- May 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- year ended July 29,2017
- Method of interview
- Online panel
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* Multiple answers were possible.
The source does not provide detailed information regarding the questions, and the number of respondents.
Nielsen answers on demand syndicated panel.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- year ended July 29,2017
- Method of interview
- Online panel
- Supplementary notes
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* Multiple answers were possible.
The source does not provide detailed information regarding the questions, and the number of respondents.
Nielsen answers on demand syndicated panel.
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Statistics on "Child health and nutrition"
- Overview
The most important statistics
- Number of families in the United States by number of children under 18 living in the household from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000s)Number of families in the US by number of children 2000-2018
- Percentages of family households with own children under 18 years in the United States from 1970 to 2017, by type of familyU.S. family households with children 1970-2017, by family type
- Weekly household grocery spending in the United States 2018, by household type (in U.S. dollars)Weekly U.S. household grocery expenditure by household type 2018
- Share of food insecure households with children in the United States in 2017, by composition*U.S. share of households with children with low food security by demographic 2017
- Share of households with children in the United States in 2017, by food security status of adults and childrenShare of U.S. households with kids by food security status of adults and kids 2017
- Percentage of children in food-insecure households* in the U.S. from 1995 to 2017U.S. - share of children in food-insecure households 1995-2017
- Number of children enrolled in the Head Start program in the United States in 2017, by state*Head Start program enrollment in the U.S. 2017, by state
- Projected number of children enrolled in Medicaid in the United States from 2019 to 2026 (in millions)Projected number of children enrolled in Medicaid in the U.S. 2019-2026
- Health status
The most important statistics
- Percentage of U.S. children and adolescents who were obese in selected periods between 1988 and 2016Percentage of U.S. children and adolescents who were obese 1988-2016
- Share of obese high school students in the United States in 2017, by stateShare of obese high school students in the U.S. by state 2017
- Percentage of U.S. high school students who were obese in 2016-2017, by gender and ethnicityObese high school students in the U.S. in 2016-2017, by gender and ethnicity
- Percentage of children in the U.S. who had food allergies in the last 12 months as of 2017, by ethnicityShare of U.S. children with food allergies in the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity
- Strategies used by parents in the United States to promote healthy eating habits in their children as of October 2016Ways U.S. parents encourage healthy eating habits in kids 2016
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- Nutrient intake
The most important statistics
- Daily food energy intake from food and beverages of male children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in kcal per individual)U.S. food energy intake from food of male children and adolescents by age 2015/16
- Daily food energy intake from food and beverages of female children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in kcal per individual)U.S. food energy intake from food of female children and adolescents 2015/16
- Daily protein intake from food and beverages of male children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in grams per individual)U.S. protein intake from food of male children and adolescents by age 2015/16
- Daily protein intake from food and beverages of female children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in grams per individual)U.S. protein intake from food of female children and adolescents 2015/16
- Daily carbohydrate intake from food and beverages of male children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in grams per individual)U.S. carbohydrate intake from food of male children and adolescents 2015/16
- Daily carbohydrate intake from food and beverages of female children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in grams per individual)U.S. carbohydrate intake from food of female children and adolescents 2015/16
- Daily sugar intake from food and beverages of male children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in grams per individual)U.S. sugar intake from food of male children and adolescents 2015/16
- Daily fat intake from food and beverages of male children and adolescents in the United States in 2015/16, by age group (mean amount in grams per individual)U.S. fat intake from food of male children and adolescents 2015/16
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