IFIC Foundation

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?