Research: Most who try vegetarianism go back to eating meat

The American Meat Institute (AMI) had two words for vegetarians in the wake of a new study that showed that five out of six Americans who try vegetarian diets return to a balanced, meat-containing diet: “Welcome back.” The Harris Interactive survey of more than 11,000 adults found that only two percent of Americans don’t consume meat at all, and 88 percent have never been vegetarians or vegans. But perhaps most important is the finding that of the 12 percent of Americans who have tried a vegetarian lifestyle, five out of six revert.

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