And you thought doing your own taxes was hard?
More than half of Americans (52%) believe it is easier to figure out their taxes than to figure out what they should and shouldn’t eat to be healthier.
No, I didn’t make that up. It’s the result of the 2012 Food & Health Survey: Consumer Attitudes toward Food Safety, Nutrition & Health, commissioned by the International Food Information Council Foundation.
It’s the seventh such study meant to offer insight on how Americans regard diet and exercise.
Interestingly, while nearly 1 in 3 adults is considered obese – with no state reporting an obesity rate of less than 15% – the survey showed that a majority of adults consider their health either excellent or very good. Only 9% report that they are in fair or poor health.
Fortunately for taxpayers, it’s pretty easy to outsource your own taxes: hire a tax professional. It’s a whole lot more difficult to figure out how to eat to be healthier (those nutrition labels are more complicated than the Tax Code). But I find a little guidance in the simple words of Michael Pollan from In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto:
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
