A recent Pew Research Center survey of over
2,000 adult Americans found that only 39 percent enjoy eating "a great deal." (That is, they enjoy the act of
eating, not eating a lot.) This is 9 percent drop from the results of a 1989 Gallup survey. Many of the people polled in
the more recent survey attributed their lack of enjoyment to concerns about their weight. Interestingly enough, the
overall figures for enjoyment of cooking have stayed the same. Roughly one third of those surveyed said they enjoyed
cooking "a great deal." The number of men that enjoy cooking has increased, however, from 25 percent in 1989
to 32 percent today. The Pew site has plenty of other interesting figures concerning eating patterns, junk food
consumption and overeating. A Washington Post story on the survey results is available here.[Image: Pew Research Center]
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