This statistic depicts the results of a survey conducted by the Food Marketing Institute in 2016. U.S. consumers were asked how they would rate the healthfulness of their own diet. The findings present that 79 percent of Millennial shoppers believe that their diets could be healthier.
Self-assessment of health of diet among U.S. shoppers in 2016, by generation*
* The original question ran as follows: "Thinking of all the foods you eat at home how would you describe your diet?"
** Top-2 box "Currently healthy"
*** Bottom-2 box "Could be healthier"
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FMI. (August 3, 2016). Self-assessment of health of diet among U.S. shoppers in 2016, by generation* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 05, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/490755/us-shoppers-self-assessment-of-diet-generation/
FMI. "Self-assessment of health of diet among U.S. shoppers in 2016, by generation*." Chart. August 3, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490755/us-shoppers-self-assessment-of-diet-generation/
FMI. (2016). Self-assessment of health of diet among U.S. shoppers in 2016, by generation*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490755/us-shoppers-self-assessment-of-diet-generation/
FMI. "Self-assessment of Health of Diet among U.S. Shoppers in 2016, by Generation*." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Aug 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/490755/us-shoppers-self-assessment-of-diet-generation/
FMI, Self-assessment of health of diet among U.S. shoppers in 2016, by generation* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/490755/us-shoppers-self-assessment-of-diet-generation/ (last visited August 05, 2020)
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