Both healthy and enjoyable eating are on the decline, data shows | Health [Video]

(CNN) — Fewer people are eating in a way they consider healthy –– and they don’t even like it, according to new data.

“In some instances, we’re still seeing strong majorities of people saying that they enjoy their food,” said Andrew Dugan, consulting principal researcher at Gallup. “But the decline has been pretty stark.”

The research, published Tuesday by Gallup, collected data from people across more than 140 countries regarding how they think about their food, including how healthy their considered it, how much they enjoyed what they ate, and how much food choice was available to them.

Globally, 81% of people said in 2023 they enjoyed their food in the past week, which was down from 87% the year before. And about 75% of people said they ate mostly healthy, compared with 82% in 2022, according to the survey.

In the United States in particular, the percentage of people who felt they ate mostly healthy foods dropped from 83% in …