Some Americans are cutting back on red meat, and health concerns
seem to be the biggest reason they're doing it, a survey found.
Some Americans are cutting back on red meat, and health concerns
seem to be the biggest reason they're doing it, a survey found.
Shmeliova Natalia/iStockphoto.com Dan Charles reported earlier
this week on why meat consumption in the U.S. has climbed so
precipitously; today, we brought you charts and graphs on that,
and on how meat production affects the environment. Allison
Aubrey also told you about the rise in diet-related illnesses,
noting that health officials increasingly point to meat as a
cancer and heart disease risk that Americans should be limiting.
Because of that and other reasons, some Americans are now
thinking more about how much meat they should eat. But we wanted
to find out more about red meat consumption and what might be
driving the changes. So we asked 3,000 adults across the country
about their meat consumption as part of the latest NPR-Truven
Health Analytics