health	(336)	(267)	(43)

The most important finding here is that the majority responded positively to all the features. Knowing how they rank in relative strength can be helpful in setting priorities for the site. Regarding tips and information, the largest majority of respondents (see Table 4) were definitely interested in tips on weight management (68.7), followed by nutritional information on special foods (60.2%), personalized tips on nutrition (55.3%), basic information about nutrition (51.4%), bone health (51.1%), heart disease (46.5%), high blood pressure (43.4%), allergies or asthma (41.4%), and diabetes (39.3%). These varying degrees of interest in tips on the different medical conditions most likely mirror the frequency of such conditions in the overall target population.

The fairly high rankings of tips about nutrition and specific foods suggest that there is widespread interest in being informed on a preventive level rather than merely seeking information reactively to problems. The definitive interest in personalized tips on nutrition expressed by 55.3% of the respondents lends support to the DCC's commitment to posing nutritional notes and answers to polling questions.

Regarding other website features, educators, not surprisingly, were most interested (see Table 2) in games to educate children about nutrition (63.5%) and health care professionals (see Table 2) were more interested in summaries of recent research on particular nutrition issues (78.8%), as well as regular columns by special experts on nutrition (64%). Lesser, though still sizeable numbers of educators were also interested in such summaries (52.3%). These preferences suggest that the DCC should consider expanding the nutrition news section with additional information from expert sources. User testing results also support this (see the User Testing section of the report).

Both educators and health care professionals in large numbers said they would definitely use a searchable database of recipes (50.9% of educators, 59% of health care professionals), perhaps reacting as individual homemakers rather than as professionals in their respective occupations.

There was lesser interest in information on how to read the "Nutrition Facts" labels on food packages (see Table 3). Only 42% of all respondents would definitely use this, and 17% said they would not. The website does not provide such help at this point. Neither were tools on a web site for creating weekly menus and shopping lists the focus of heavy interest. Only 40.5% of all respondents reported that they would definitely use such tools, and 15% would definitely not. These results suggest that users are not especially enthusiastic about the sort of personal organizing tools that Meals Matter currently offers. This could be partly due to the probability that they have never used such tools before, and might develop interest if exposed to them. However, the findings mirror the split between user testers on the tools (see the User Testing section of the report). Testers who either have time or perceive themselves to be well organized said they would use the tools, whereas those without much time or predisposition toward organization would not.