National nutrition monitoring - first results of the representative nemo online survey published
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The Max Rubner Institute (MRI) has published the results of the first module of the National nutrition Monitoring Program (nemo). More than 3,000 people between the ages of 18 and 80 were surveyed online between September and November 2024 about their diet and eating habits. The sample was representative of the German population in terms of age, gender, education and federal state.
Around two thirds of respondents rated their own state of health as good to very good, while well over half gave their own cooking skills a rating of good to very good. Slightly fewer, but still almost half of those surveyed, considered their own diet to be very healthy or fairly healthy. However, the consumption data also surveyed did not always correspond to the recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE). According to the DGE, at least five portions of fruit and vegetables should be consumed daily. However, the nemo online survey shows that only around 35% of study participants reported eating fruit and vegetables every day. Either fruit or vegetables were eaten daily by 60 percent of respondents. Only just under a quarter of participants were able to correctly state how many portions of fruit and vegetables a day the DGE recommends.
Almost half of respondents rated their own diet as very or somewhat healthy; twelve percent rated it as somewhat unhealthy or not healthy at all.
In general, there was a good understanding of what makes a diet healthy or unhealthy. Those who rated their diet as very healthy or somewhat healthy often attributed this to the frequent consumption of fruit and vegetables. Respondents who rated their diet as neither healthy nor unhealthy reported eating a lot of fruit and vegetables, but also eating what they felt like eating - whether healthy or unhealthy. In contrast, participants who rated their diet as not healthy or not healthy at all often stated that they ate too little fruit and vegetables, but a lot of meat, convenience foods and sweets.
When asked about their diet, almost two thirds of respondents said they ate a "mixed diet"; a good quarter described themselves as "flexitarians", which would mean meat on the menu no more than twice a week. Around four percent described their diet as vegetarian and around one percent said they were vegan. However, the analysis of this data and the food consumed revealed a discrepancy: the information on consumption shows that around 75 percent of respondents have meat on their plates more than twice a week.
If we look at the duration of the diet, there is a big difference: around 80 percent of all mixed dieters stated that they had been eating this type of diet for at least ten years. In contrast, only around 20 percent of vegans said they had been living without animal-based foods for at least ten years.
When shopping, the taste and freshness of food were particularly important criteria for more than 90 percent of respondents. Seasonality, price, as little packaging as possible, animal welfare and minimal processing were important to around two thirds. More than half attached importance to food not being genetically modified, containing few (or no) additives, being produced regionally or being low in sugar, salt and fat.
The data from the nemo adult online survey is currently being analyzed in depth. At the same time, the survey of parents and children (nemo kids/family) will also be launched shortly so that we will soon be able to draw on up-to-date results for the age groups one to 9 years and 10 to 17 years. At the same time, preparations are underway for a further part of the nemo adults study, in which representative samples of people will not only be questioned in detail via the residents' registration offices, but also measured and weighed. In addition, the status of critical nutrients is being investigated in order to be able to make objective statements about the population's supply of these substances.
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