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Aug 22, 2021 · Today we're focusing on food. Crucial to our health, it is now heavily implicated in our ill health. Not only that, but also health inequalities and damage to the environment.
- Introduction
- Food and Our Health
- What Are We Eating Today?
- Where Are We Buying Food?
- What Is Influencing Our Food Choices?
- The Impact of The Pandemic
- The Affordability of Our Food
- Household Food Insecurity and Consumer Concerns
- The Public's Priorities For The Future
There are good reasons to look closely at what food is finding its way onto the nation’s plate. What we eat, where we buy it, how much we spend on it, and what we worry about when doing so reflects our priorities and preoccupations – which, in turn, helps to define what we really value in our food. This chapter sets the scene for our analysis of fo...
In the UK, smoking and a poor diet are the leading causes of avoidable ill-health. Unhealthy diets account for 13% of all deaths in the UK.(link is external) (Opens in a new window) Most of this is because a poor diet causes obesity, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and type 2 diabetes, all of which can lead to cardiovascular disease. Wh...
The most authoritative guide to what we are eating today is the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS),(link is external) (Opens in a new window)which has been collecting detailed information on the food and nutrient intake of the UK population since 2008. The latest findings are set out below. Please note that due to changes in data collection ...
Our diets are also influenced by how and where we get our food. While most people regularly shop for food in supermarkets, the FSA’s Food and You 2 survey shows that over a third of people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland regularly buy food in local corner shops, newsagents or garage forecourts. These shops tend to be more expensive, have a m...
What is on people’s minds when they buy food for themselves and their families? In early 2022, the FSA and FSS's The UK Public’s Interests, Needs and Concerns Around Foodsurveyed more than 6,000 people to reveal what shapes our behaviour and preferences today. Here are some of the key findings:
COVID-19 certainly made an impression on the nation’s eating habits. From lockdown to 'Eat Out to Help Out', the pandemic caused sudden changes in what we eat and how we shop. It is less clear, however, whether longer-term changes in consumer behaviour have occurred. A number of studies have looked at the impact of the pandemic on our diets. These ...
Official ONS data (link is external) (Opens in a new window)(figure 12) shows that food prices rose by 4.5% between December 2020 and December 2021. This represents the greatest annual increase in the price of food from one December to the next since 2010, and the annual rise has since increased to 6.7% from April 2021 to April 2022. There have als...
While pressure on living standards affects all households to varying degrees, it poses the greatest concern for those most vulnerable to household food insecurity as lower income households tend to spend a greater proportion of their budget on food(link is external) (Opens in a new window). Official figures from the Department for Work and Pensions...
How can public confidence in food standards be maintained during such a challenging period? The FSA and FSS's The UK Public’s Interests, Needs and Concerns Around Food research shows that consumers are clear about what steps they want to be taken to improve the availability of safe, nutritious food.
Jun 23, 2023 · The individual decides whether to be vegetarian or omnivore, to eat organic, local, or seasonal produce, whether to eat unhealthy but comforting food, to be a gourmet or a detoxer.
The past decade has seen little progress in improving diets, especially in low-income countries. Diets everywhere continue to lack enough fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains, and include too much – and, in some regions, rising amounts – of red and processed meat and sugary drinks.
Feb 25, 2019 · How we eat and talk about food are key parts of our identities. Three experts chat the politics of pork, where meals teach egalitarian values and the one food everyone agrees on: cake.
Feb 6, 2019 · The food we eat has huge potential to improve both human health and environmental sustainability, but too often today it is posing a threat to both people and planet, according to a new...
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Nov 4, 2016 · There have been any number of miracle foods, weight-loss tricks and single-ingredient solutions but how many of these have actually changed the way we eat?
