Title: 75 Percent of Americans Say They Eat Healthy — Despite Evidence To The Contrary : The Salt : NPR
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75 Percent of Americans Say They Eat Healthy — Despite Evidence To The Contrary
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Content: About 75 percent of respondents ranked their diets as good, very good or excellent. Hmm. Are Americans confused about what constitutes a healthy diet? Do they say one thing, but do another? Or perhaps it's a matter of portion size: We may be choosing foods that are healthy in moderation, but are eating too much of them. We asked a range of experts who study eating habits. Nutrition scholar Marion Nestle at New York University says portion size — just eating too much — is an issue. " I'd vote for that as a major cause of obesity," Nestle told us by email. "Some of the problem is that individuals pay more attention to getting good things in their diet than they do to limiting overall intake," adds David Just, a behavioral economist who studies food psychology at Cornell University. "