An exploration and comparison of food and drink availability in homes in a sample of families of White and Pakistani origin within the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Knowledge 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.

Design

An exploratory study using researcher-conducted home food availability inventories, measuring all foods and drinks within the categories of fruits, vegetables, snack foods and beverages.

Setting

Bradford, a town in the north of the UK.

Subjects

Opportunistic sample of mixed ethnicity families with infants approximately 18 months old from the Born in Bradford birth

SUBMITTER: Bryant M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271424 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature