IFIC Foundation

IFIC Foundation


PODCAST: 2013 Food and Health Survey

May 23, 2013

The International Food Information Council Foundation presents a podcast on its 2013 Food and Health Survey. With Matt Raymond and Marianne Smith Edge of the IFIC Foundation.

Times cues for questions:

00:00--Introduction

00:24--What is the survey, how long has it been conducted, how is it conducted?

01:00--What types of questions are covered?

01:40--How are the results used?

03:03--Specifics about the survey: What did you find out regarding people's control of their weight, the healthfulness of their diet and physical activity?

04:27--What barriers to control did you identify?

06:54--What letter grades did Americans assign to their own diet and physical activity level?

08:23--You asked people if they'd rather lose $1,000 or gain an additional 20 pounds. How did they answer?

09:36--What are the factors that go into people's decisions about which foods and beverages to buy? What are the trends?

10:53--What are the influencers and sources where people get their information about food and health, and which do they trust most?

12:30--While most Americans are still confident in the safety of the food supply, why was there a shift toward a growing lack of confidence?

14:57--What are the "takeaways" from the survey?