Whats the percentage of vegetarians ?!
whats the percentage of vegetarians/vegans in UK and USA!?
eg: 30% vegan, 30% vegetarian 40% meat eater - UK !?
STATS, LINKS!?
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eg: 30% vegan, 30% vegetarian 40% meat eater - UK !?
STATS, LINKS!?
Thanks in advance ?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
The figures will vary from the very optimistic (10%) to the very pessimistic (less than 1%)!. But the generally accepted figure from a 2008 article is that approximately 3!.2% (7!.3 million) are vegetarian!. Of that number, approximately 0!.5% (1 million) are vegans!.
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59 percent are female; 41 percent are male!.
42!.0 percent are age 18 to 34 years old; 40!.7 percent are 35 to 54; and 17!.4 percent are over 55!.
57!.1 percent have followed a vegetarian diet for more than 10 years; 18 percent for 5 to 10 years; 10!.8 percent for 2 to 5 years, 14!.1 percent for less than 2 years
over half (53 percent) of current vegetarians eat a vegetarian diet to improve their overall health!. Environmental concerns were cited by 47 percent ; 39 percent cited “ natural approaches to wellness” ; 31 percent cited food-safety concerns; 54 percent cited animal welfare; 25 percent cited weight loss; and 24 percent weight maintenance!.
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Other stats you might be interested in:
59 percent are female; 41 percent are male!.
42!.0 percent are age 18 to 34 years old; 40!.7 percent are 35 to 54; and 17!.4 percent are over 55!.
57!.1 percent have followed a vegetarian diet for more than 10 years; 18 percent for 5 to 10 years; 10!.8 percent for 2 to 5 years, 14!.1 percent for less than 2 years
over half (53 percent) of current vegetarians eat a vegetarian diet to improve their overall health!. Environmental concerns were cited by 47 percent ; 39 percent cited “ natural approaches to wellness” ; 31 percent cited food-safety concerns; 54 percent cited animal welfare; 25 percent cited weight loss; and 24 percent weight maintenance!.
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USA:
http://www1!.agric!.gov!.ab!.ca/$department/!.!.!.
http://www!.vrg!.org/nutshell/poll!.htm
I don't normally link to wikipedia just because it can't be 100% trusted but it talks about the polls!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/VeganismWww@FoodAQ@Com
http://www1!.agric!.gov!.ab!.ca/$department/!.!.!.
http://www!.vrg!.org/nutshell/poll!.htm
I don't normally link to wikipedia just because it can't be 100% trusted but it talks about the polls!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/VeganismWww@FoodAQ@Com
I heard in America veg@ns made up between 2 and 5%Www@FoodAQ@Com