Eating Trends: Mealtimes and Snacking
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Eating Trends: Mealtimes and Snacking
This Eating Trends report provides a compact overview of continuity and changes in U.S. adult mealtime and snacking patterns between 2008 and 2018, with a focus on corresponding demographics. This data-heavy, topline report draws on behavioral and psychographic questions from the Simmons Market Research national consumer survey series, identifying as “prime” demographics those groups disproportionately likely to somewhat agree (“agree a little”) or strongly agree (“agree a lot”) with given statements about eating behaviors.
Trended data and current key demographics are provided for the following topics: mealtime patterns and “eating later” trends; the relative priority on breakfast vs. lunch or dinner; patterns for sit-down, family-style meals for households of two or more persons; the prevalence of eating several, smaller meals throughout the day; snacking behavior; perception of snack foods as unhealthy; sweet vs. salty snacking patterns; and healthier snacking vs. enjoying treats as indulgences.
- Scope and Methodology of Report
- Introduction
- Meal Behavior Trends
- Mealtimes Skew Later
- Table 1—Weekly Aggregate of Eating Times, 200
- Table 2—Eating Times on Mondays, 2008
- Table 3Table 3 Table 3—Eating Times on Fridays, 2008
- Table 4—Eating Times on Saturdays, 2008 E
- Table 5—Eating Times on Sundays, 2008
- Table 6 —Eating -Later Demographics Based on Weekly Aggregate Eating Times, 2018 (indexes)
- Table 7—Meals: Selected Attitudes and Behaviors, 2008
- Relative Priority on Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner
- Figure 1—Prime Adult Demographics for Agreeing that Breakfast Is Most Important Meal, 2018 (indexes) Prime Adult Demographics for Agreeing that Breakfast Is Most Important Meal, 2018 (indexes)
- Figure 2—Prime Adult Demographics for Agreeing that Lunch Is Most Important Meal, 2018 (indexes)
- Figure 3—Prime Adult Demographics for Agreeing that Dinner Is Most Important Meal, 2018 (indexes) phics for Agreeing that Dinner Is Most Important Meal, 2018 (indexes)
- Table 8 —Demographics Most and Least Likely to Sit Down for a Meal Together at Home, 2018 (indexes)
- The Several Smaller Meals Option The Several Smaller Meals Option
- Figure 4—Prime Demographics for Eating Several Small Meals Throughout the Day, 2018 (indexes)
- Snacking Behavior Trends Snacking Behavior Trends
- Snacking Between Meals Snacking Between Meals
- Table 9 —Snacking: Selected Attitudes & Behaviors, 2008 Snacking: Selected Attitudes & Behaviors, 2008
- Figure 5—Prime Demographics for Often Snacking Between Meals, 2018 (indexes)
- Snacking as Junk Food Snacking as Junk Food
- Figure 6—Prime Demographics for Considering Most Snack Foods Unhealthy, 2018 (indexes)emographics for Considering Most Snack Foods Unhealthy, 2018 (indexes)
- Snacking and Sweets Snacking and Sweets Snacking and Sweets
- Figure 7—Prime Demographics for Frequently Eating Sweets, 2018 (indexes)
- The Salty Snackers
- Figure 8—Prime Demographics for Favoring Salted Snacks, 2018 (indexes)
- Figure 9—Prime Demographics for Usually Snacking on Healthy Foods, 2018 (indexes)
- Figure 10 —Prime Demographics for Liking to Treat Oneself Foods that Aren’t Good You, 2018 (indexes)
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