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Estimated U.S. Adult Population  |
Survey Respondents |
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|
Response
|
Number
|
Percentage
|
Sample
Responses
|
Sample
Percentage
|
|
|
Avoid white bread
|
22,386
|
0.6%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Cook more at home
|
55,992
|
1.6%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Cook more for self
|
59,685
|
1.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Cut back on caffeine
|
46,950
|
1.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Cut down on caffeine
|
54,616
|
1.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Dairy/coffee/caffeine
|
11,966
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Don't drink coffee
|
29,507
|
0.8%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Don't eat nutrisweet
|
13,882
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Drink less coffee & drink more
|
25,122
|
0.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Drink milk
|
83,194
|
2.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Drink more juice
|
23,826
|
0.6%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Drink more tea
|
19,497
|
0.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Drink red wine
|
27,781
|
0.8%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat any kind of meat
|
15,784
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat at home where you know wha
|
137,826
|
4.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat broccoli & oranges
|
12,814
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat fish
|
14,800
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat fish and cheese
|
24,670
|
0.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat food with less toxins
|
67,499
|
1.9%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat foods that prevent cancer
|
11,643
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat lean meats
|
10,537
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat less bread
|
10,243
|
0.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat less chocolate
|
6,900
|
0.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat less fried chicken & pork
|
16,197
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat less meat
|
57,180
|
1.6%
|
2
|
1.7%
|
|
|
Eat less meat and potatoes
|
15,238
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat less microwavable food
|
23,511
|
0.6%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat less pork
|
39,354
|
1.1%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat less white flour
|
70,066
|
2.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more anti cancer foods
|
37,031
|
1.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more cereal/stay away junk
|
16,739
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more chicken
|
22,640
|
0.6%
|
2
|
1.7%
|
|
|
Eat more fish
|
194,633
|
5.6%
|
5
|
4.4%
|
|
|
Eat more fish white meat
|
32,047
|
0.9%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more fish/be more selectiv
|
11,151
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more helth store fds
|
19,627
|
0.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more red meat
|
83,403
|
2.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more tomatos
|
21,608
|
0.6%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat more yogurt
|
11,671
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat oatmeal
|
14,832
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat red & green vegetables
|
35,714
|
1.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eat turkey, fish, chicken
|
52,569
|
1.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Eating out less often
|
12,374
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Fewer dairy products
|
36,368
|
1.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Fewer tortillas
|
10,268
|
0.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Fewer triglycerides
|
32,268
|
0.9%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Get rid of meat
|
46,362
|
1.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Have less meat
|
40,059
|
1.1%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Have private chef that will
|
14,078
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Having less binding foods
|
27,312
|
0.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
How you prepare the food
|
13,115
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Know which food fight cancer&e
|
18,987
|
0.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Lean meats
|
52,598
|
1.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less bacon
|
36,294
|
1.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less bread
|
29,249
|
0.8%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less caffeine
|
83,985
|
2.4%
|
3
|
2.6%
|
|
|
Less chocolate
|
22,027
|
0.6%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less chocolate/less caffeine
|
35,365
|
1.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less coffee
|
62,612
|
1.8%
|
3
|
2.6%
|
|
|
Less dairy
|
13,286
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less dairy products
|
14,793
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less dairy/barbque
|
10,831
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less meat
|
97,187
|
2.8%
|
3
|
2.6%
|
|
|
Less peanut butter
|
27,742
|
0.8%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less pork
|
57,296
|
1.6%
|
2
|
1.7%
|
|
|
Less salt, mo money less stres
|
7,676
|
0.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Less spicy foods
|
44,380
|
1.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Look into specific cancer prev
|
26,068
|
0.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Mexican food lots of fat and b
|
14,133
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More bakd fds
|
11,564
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More chicken
|
17,253
|
0.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More chicken and fish
|
27,008
|
0.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More fish
|
24,680
|
0.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More fish & tofu
|
10,544
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More foods with cancer
|
8,077
|
0.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More green vegetables
|
12,625
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
More green veggies
|
109,394
|
3.1%
|
2
|
1.7%
|
|
|
More juices
|
126,724
|
3.6%
|
2
|
1.7%
|
|
|
More leaner foods
|
16,760
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
No can food/cooking oils
|
42,028
|
1.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Not eating bread, chocolate
|
10,899
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Not eating out too much
|
51,447
|
1.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Nuts use herbs
|
15,088
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Opportunity to cook at home
|
39,568
|
1.1%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Quit having so much bread
|
28,242
|
0.8%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Reduce dairy products
|
87,286
|
2.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
She doesn't eat properly at al
|
15,155
|
0.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Sources of food/ingredients
|
32,610
|
0.9%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Start juicing
|
51,458
|
1.4%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Stay away from caffeine
|
37,392
|
1.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Stay off caffeine drinks
|
26,877
|
0.7%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Stay off meat
|
19,468
|
0.5%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Stop drinking coffee
|
50,949
|
1.4%
|
2
|
1.7%
|
|
|
Stop eating animal fat
|
22,160
|
0.6%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Try to stay away from foods
|
41,695
|
1.2%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Types affecting espoheageal
|
35,832
|
1.0%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Whatever is touted on tv&bake
|
13,388
|
0.3%
|
1
|
0.8%
|
|
|
Total
|
-
|
100%
|
113
|
100%
|
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Survey Notes:
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HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF
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Who was asked:
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People who would like to change their eating habits so they will be less likely to get cancer
, People who named something else about their eating habits that they would like to change to reduce their risk of getting cancer
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Data collection method:
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Phone
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Question source:
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New to HINTS 2003
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Dataset:
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2003
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