American Indian students report the most barriers to healthy eating. Most Native students agree that cost (77 percent), stress (72 percent), being too tired after school and work (69 percent), lack of time (56 percent) and difficulty staying committed (56 percent) are barriers to healthy eating. They also agree most strongly on key barriers: one out of three Native students strongly
agree that cost (35 percent) and stress (34 percent) are barriers to healthy eating. More than one in four Native students (28 percent) strongly agree that they were too tired after work, school, or the end of the day to eat healthy foods and one in five (19 percent) strongly agree that lack of time is a barrier to healthy eating.
Barriers to healthy eating: American Indian students
For other student of color populations, cost (72 percent), being too tired after school and work (53 percent) and stress (51 percent) as the major barriers to healthy eating. One out of four (26
percent) strongly agree that healthy foods are too expensive and almost one in five strongly agree that they were too tired after work, school, or the end of the day to eat healthy foods.
Barriers to healthy eating: other students of color
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