An exploration and comparison of food and drink availability in homes in a sample of families of White and Pakistani origin within the UK
Autor: | Pinki Sahota, Maria Bryant, Andrew J. Hill, Gillian Santorelli |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Tinned peas
Ethnic group Medicine (miscellaneous) Mixed ethnicity Sample (statistics) White People Nutrition Policy Beverages Cohort Studies Food Preferences Patient Education as Topic Dietary Sucrose Residence Characteristics Environmental health Food Preserved Vegetables Medicine Humans Family Pakistan Family Health Nutrition and Dietetics Food availability business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health food and beverages Consumer Behavior Research Papers United Kingdom Diet Fruit and Vegetable Juices Fruits and vegetables Fruit Needs assessment Patient Compliance Snacks Birth cohort business Needs Assessment |
Zdroj: | Public Health Nutr |
ISSN: | 1475-2727 1368-9800 |
Popis: | ObjectiveKnowledge of the types and quantities of foods and drinks available in family homes supports the development of targeted intervention programmes for obesity prevention or management, or for overall diet improvement. In the UK, contemporary data on foods that are available within family homes are lacking. The present study aimed to explore home food and drink availability in UK homes.DesignAn exploratory study using researcher-conducted home food availability inventories, measuring all foods and drinks within the categories of fruits, vegetables, snack foods and beverages.SettingBradford, a town in the north of the UK.SubjectsOpportunistic sample of mixed ethnicity families with infants approximately 18 months old from the Born in Bradford birth cohort.ResultsAll homes had at least one type of fruit, vegetable and snack available. Fresh fruits commonly available were oranges, bananas, apples, satsumas and grapes. Commonly available fresh vegetables included potatoes, cucumber, tomatoes and carrots. The single greatest non-fresh fruit available in homes was raisins. Non-fresh vegetables contributing the most were frozen mixed vegetables, tinned tomatoes and tinned peas. Ethnic differences were found for the availability of fresh fruits and sugar-sweetened beverages, which were both found in higher amounts in Pakistani homes compared with White homes.ConclusionsThese data contribute to international data on availability and provide an insight into food availability within family homes in the UK. They have also supported a needs assessment of the development of a culturally specific obesity prevention intervention in which fruits and vegetables and sugar-sweetened beverages are targeted. |
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