{"id":824,"date":"2023-02-08T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=824"},"modified":"2024-05-29T19:02:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:02:38","slug":"food-survey-queries-consumers-about-new-years-resolutions-risk-tolerance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q1\/food-survey-queries-consumers-about-new-years-resolutions-risk-tolerance","title":{"rendered":"Food survey queries consumers about New Year\u2019s resolutions, risk tolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Eating more fruits and vegetables and less sugar ranked highly as potential changes to eating behaviors related to New Year\u2019s resolutions, according to the January Consumer Food Insights Report. This month\u2019s report also summarizes and discusses the state of the survey indicators after one full year of data collection.             <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The survey-based report out of Purdue University\u2019s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability<\/a> assesses food spending, consumer satisfaction and values, support of agricultural and food policies, and trust in information sources. Purdue experts conducted and evaluated the survey, which included 1,200 consumers across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“People are generally knowledgeable about the actions needed to improve health and want to pursue them \u2013 such as increasing fruits and vegetables and exercising more,\u201d said\u00a0Jayson Lusk<\/a>, the department head and Distinguished Professor of\u00a0Agricultural Economics<\/a>\u00a0at Purdue who leads the center. \u201cHowever, they don\u2019t necessarily want to give up on taste and indulgences. For example, eating less meat or drinking less alcohol is low on the list of priorities of most Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Share of Consumers who ‘Somewhat Agree’ or ‘Strongly Agree’ with Claims about Food and Nutrition, January ’23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the Consumer Food Insights Report has noted previously, food spending is up significantly \u2014 19% \u2014 from a year ago. Grocery spending, however, has remained effectively flat for the past six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt appears that people have already cut back and found deals to help stop their food spending from continually rising,\u201d Lusk said. \u201cIf food inflation does not come down significantly this year, consumers might not have much room to maneuver their budgets further.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those surveyed estimated that current inflation is up more than 1 percentage point from last month. But the survey results show that people seem to remain optimistic about inflation declining dramatically over the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional key results include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n