# Many Americans consider themselves healthy eaters

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/many-americans-consider-themselves-healthy-eaters/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Picturing themselves as a healthy eater comes easily to many Americans. More than four-in-ten (44%) say it would be very or somewhat easy, including 13% for whom it would be very easy, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey of 474 U.S. adults.

A quarter (25%) say it would be neither easy nor hard, and the remaining three-in-ten find it hard: 22% somewhat hard and 9% very hard.

## Topline

How easy would it be to see yourself as a healthy eater?

Many Americans consider themselves healthy eaters.

- Somewhat easy: 30.9%
- Neither easy nor hard: 25.4%
- Somewhat hard: 21.8%
- Very easy: 12.7%
- Very hard: 9.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 474
- Margin of error: +/- 4.8%
- Module: identity
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.37](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.37)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=474 US adults age 18+, +/- 4.8%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.37](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-3.37)