Dietary Inequalities

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Food Prices Tracking: June Update

Breadline Voices: Disabled people facing 'a wave of poverty unlike anything they've experienced before'

Breadline Voices: Having to use a food bank 'could happen to anyone'

Quick Bites: snap analysis webinar on the Food Strategy

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The Food Foundation responds to the Government’s disappointing Food Strategy

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Data Dashboards and Data Stories

Government Data on Food Insecurity During the Pandemic: A Data Story

Levelling Up on Regional Dietary Inequalities: A Data Story

Dietary Health Disparities Across Socio-economic Groups: A Data Story

The Critical Importance of Early Years Nutrition in Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Children's Right2Food Dashboard

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Food Insecurity Tracking

Food Prices Tracking

“When I tried to go get a salad, it cost three pounds, which I don’t have, but I can go McDonald’s and get a burger for a pound which fills me up very well.”

Food Foundation Young Food Ambassador

The Problem

Our data shows

14% of households with children

experienced food insecurity between August 2021 and January 2022

The poorest fifth of UK households would need to spend

40% of their disposable income on food

to afford the Eatwell guide

Healthy foods are nearly

three times as expensive

as less healthy foods per calorie

Children in the most deprived fifth of households are almost

twice as likely to have obesity

as those in the least deprived fifth of households by age 4-6

1 in 5

places to buy food are fast food outlets in the richest fifth of local authorities, compared to almost

1 in 3

in the poorest fifth

The richest fifth on average eat

one more portion of veg a day

compared to the poorest fifth