French people worried about the content of their plate
New sign of the times, a trend is emerging in France. More aware and more concerned about their health, the French care more about their body and their psyche.
Indeed, they practice sports, focus on well-being and seek to identify their diet . Everyone tries to understand the impact of nutrients during their digestion in the body and also wants to know what they eat.
An IPSOS survey
We perfectly feel the current of organic , fair trade , connected objects on health. More and more individuals are also delighted with this turnaround. It is following a survey conducted by IPSOS, the polling institute, that Le point (1) publishes an article on the concern of the French with regard to the content of their plates. This study reveals that more than half of our fellow citizens would like to know more about the origin of foodstuffs.
A radical change in almost seven years
People are generally fed up with the lack of consideration that the public authorities have for them. Junk food, bisphenol A, pesticides, GMOs, the lack of transparency… everything contributes, from a health point of view, to certain minds being awakened: six out of ten French people are concerned about the effects of diet on their well-being by wondering about a daily absorption of nutrients that could be detrimental to the good state of their health. The authors of the IPSOS study note that it is above all young people who are investing in better knowledge of the contents of the plates.
A few figures: in 2007, 52% of French people were concerned about these questions. Since then, practically the entire population has been worried: 46% of executives, 65% of young people under 35 (they were 48% seven years ago), 72% of respondents say invested and in search of more transparency on the conditions of raising animals and growing plants.
They want much more control over the various stages of food processing so that they no longer have a negative feeling about the lack of credible and objective information from government officials.
Above all, traceability remains the concern of the consumer
This is revealed by the IPSOS study. The traceability of food products appears to be the primary objective for 47% of those surveyed . Next come concerns related to notions of ecology and the environmental order: 40% of individuals want more information on this subject.
An increasing number of French people are interested in the relationship between production and seasonality. But all these concerns remain minor compared to those relating to the origin of the food as well as those of the prices charged. These last two considerations remain in the minds of consumers when making their choice in store and when going to checkout.
Be that as it may, with this survey, we now know that households bitterly regret the lack of legible information on the labels. This is how this recent study from the end of June 2014 was taken up with great force by various media. However, only 28% of French people, i.e. a fall of 17 points compared to 2007, believe that they are sufficiently well documented on the way in which fruits and vegetables are grown, on the way in which meat is put on the market as well as on the various processing techniques for all these foodstuffs before they arrive on the shelves of supermarkets or local traders.
We can therefore conclude that two thirds of French people are still in the dark about all these considerations.
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.