Helpful factors U.S. residents use to keep track of their calorie consumption 2013

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The statistic shows what survey respondents think would be helpful in their efforts to keep track of how many calories they consume. 56 percent of respondents think that showing the number of calories on menus would be very helpful.

How helpful, if at all, would the following be in your efforts to keep track of how many calories you consume?*

Characteristic	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful
Showing the number of calories on menus	56%	33%
Calories listed on the Nutrition Facts panel on the back of a food/beverage package	50%	39%
Showing the number of calories on the front of a food/beverage package	51%	37%
Showing the number of calories contained in recipes	50%	36%
Websites with tools that provide calorie estimates and tally up calories consumed over a day	26%	40%
Smartphone apps that provide calorie estimates and tally up calories consumed over a day	27%	31%

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Release date

May 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 11 - 22, 2013

Number of respondents

906 respondents

Age group

18-80 years

Special properties

Think about the number of calories they consume

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The results are weighted to ensure that they are as reflective as possible of the American population ages 18 to 80.
Multiple answers were possible.

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