{"id":21449,"date":"2023-06-30T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=21449"},"modified":"2023-06-06T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:00:33","slug":"2023-food-and-health-survey-from-international-food-information-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/30\/2023-food-and-health-survey-from-international-food-information-council\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 FOOD AND HEALTH SURVEY FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION COUNCIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IFIC-2023-Food-Health-Report.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IFIC-2023-Food-Health-Report.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an International Food Information Council 2023 Food and Health Survey, 8.2% of Americans ages 18 to 80 indicated that they followed a plant-based, vegetarian, or vegan diet. Of that group, motivations include:<br \/>\nTo be healthier (60%)<br \/>\nI enjoy these types of foods more (47%)<br \/>\nTo help the environment (36%)<br \/>\nTo improve animal welfare (36%)<br \/>\nTo save on the cost of food (24%)<br \/>\nConcerns about consuming animal protein (22%)<br \/>\nBecause a diet\/eating pattern was recommended to you. (17%)<br \/>\nBecause your family\/partner follows a specific diet (12%)<br \/>\nBecause of a current allergy or health condition (12%)<br \/>\nFor religious or cultural reasons (11%)<br \/>\n(Note: more than one reason could be selected.)<\/p>\n<p>For 50% of all participants, it was very or somewhat important in making decisions to purchase food that the food was produced with animal welfare in mind, for 47% knowing whether the food is a bio engineered food or contains bioengineered ingredients, and for 40%\u00a0 knowing that the food or beverage is produced in a way that minimizes its carbon footprint\/climate impact.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see The International Food Information Council. 2023 Food &amp; Health Survey. 23 May 2023: <a href=\"https:\/\/foodinsight.org\/2023-food-and-health-survey\/\">https:\/\/foodinsight.org\/2023-food-and-health-survey\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The International Food Information Council says their research and education programs are supported by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Food, beverage and agriculture companies that support IFIC\u2019s mission<\/li>\n<li>Contributions from other foundations and nonprofit organizations<\/li>\n<li>Grants from government agencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Their 8.2% who followed a plant-based, vegetarian, or vegan diet was somewhat comparable to VRG\u2019s 6% who follow a vegetarian diet in previous VRG surveys. See: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/nutshell\/faq.htm#poll\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/nutshell\/faq.htm#poll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though note everyone in their group would not necessarily be vegetarian.\u00a0So the reasons given may not reflect vegetarians and\/or vegans. People can self-define vegetarian, vegan, and plant-based very differently. For example, see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2018issue4\/2018_issue4_plant_based.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2018issue4\/2018_issue4_plant_based.php<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/11\/what-does-plant-based-mean-to-the-public\/\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/11\/what-does-plant-based-mean-to-the-public\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The contents of this posting, our website and our other publications, including Vegan Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an International Food Information Council 2023 Food and Health Survey, 8.2% of Americans ages 18 to 80 indicated that they followed a plant-based, vegetarian, or vegan diet. Of that group, motivations include: To be healthier (60%) I enjoy these types of foods more (47%) To help the environment (36%) To improve animal welfare (36%) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21451,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21449\/revisions\/21451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}