Most unhappy with eating habits of others

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Some 80 percent of U.S. adults say they are satisfied with their eating habits, but 73 percent say others don't have healthy eating habits, a survey found.

Sixty-seven percent admit practicing poor eating habits on at least a weekly basis, such as skipping meals and eating when they're not hungry. Fifty-two percent say an immediate family member has an unhealthy relationship with food, while 44 percent say they are concerned about a spouse's eating habits, a poll conducted on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare found.

"It's clear from this survey that people recognize poor eating habits, such as mindless or emotional eating, on a societal level and in other individuals, but they don't identify the problem in themselves -- even though they admit to specific unhealthy eating habits," said Brad Lamm, founder and president of Intervention Specialists who helped design the survey for GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

"We need to help people connect the dots so they see their own poor eating habits and mindless eating, identify the causes, and address them with sustainable solutions."

StrategyOne conducted the telephone survey Dec. 5-11 among 2,001 U.S. adults. The margin of error is plus/minus 1.7 percentage points.