# Just over half say support from others helps when changing their diet

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/health/just-over-half-say-support-from-others-helps-when-changing-their-diet/

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## Reading

Slightly more than half of Americans (51%) say support from others matters when they try to change how they eat, including 13% who strongly agree, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.

About three-in-ten (31%) are neutral, and 19% disagree, 7% strongly.

## Topline

On a scale from 1 to 5, please rate the following statement: When trying to change how I eat, support from others plays an important role.

Just over half say support from others helps when changing their diet.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- 4- Agree: 38.0%
- 3- Neither agree nor disagree: 30.8%
- 5- Strongly agree: 12.7%
- 2- Disagree: 11.5%
- 1- Strongly disagree: 7.1%

## 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: 2026-05-01 → 2026-05-04
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: 1
- 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/sbm-2026#q-A.15](https://reports.verasight.io/r/sbm-2026#q-A.15)

## Citation

SBM Omnibus Survey #2026-049, fielded May 1-4, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/sbm-2026#q-A.15](https://reports.verasight.io/r/sbm-2026#q-A.15)