Are You a Foodie?
Brian Wansink
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Brian Wansink
Director of Research, Consumer Insights, and Scalable Behavior Change at Healthy By Design
Here are 16 not-very-common foods in the US. If you've eaten at least 9 of them twice, you would qualify as an adventurous eater ("food neophile" or "foodie") in our most recent research.
[] Kale
[] Seitan
[] Quinoa
[] Seaweed
[] Bean sprouts
[] Beef Tongue
[] Eel
[] Quail eggs
[] Rabbit
[] Kimchi
[] Tempeh
[] Venison
[] Polenta
[] Liver
[] Raw Oysters
[] Pork Belly
There's lots of good news if you're a foodie . . . healthier, skinnier, more "entertaining," and so on.
Read more at https://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/OP/Foodies
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Acacia Mental Health
8 年16/16! Guess I'm a foodie (though in SF folks are ~so~ foodie that it's kind of grown to be uncool to identify as being one. #stealthfoodie.) I read in your link that it was women who were the study participants; any thoughts or known studies on whether men show significant results? Six of these items seem to be pretty buzzy ingredients among health-conscious folk (kale, seitain, quinoa, tempeh, kimchi, seaweed), so I can see why adventurous eaters might also have healthier diet/exercise habits. I could also see economic privilege at play; quail eggs and oysters are very "chefy" foods and most places that serve them have a hefty price-tag.
Partner at MD PhD Executive Search
9 年foodie. eaten all but 2 (had to look up a few though because i was not sure). What happened to bugs, rocky mountain oysters, raw fish, donkey, horse, chicken feet, haggas, head cheese, beef tartare... lots of good things out there!
glass beadmaker
9 年I'm a "foodie" at 10!
Professor Emeritus, Business Administration
9 年Just made the 9 threshold. Not sure about the skinnier prediction.
Director of the Elfenworks Center for Responsible Business & Professor of Marketing
9 年I was off by 2. Seems this test makes it VERY hard for veggies to be foodies. Yet, there are so many vegetarian foodies out there (well at least in places like the Bay Area, LA and Seattle where there are eating places that cater to veggie foodies). I vote you add more veggie options to this list. Perhaps some exotic fruit? (happy to suggest some) : )