Changes to local area public sector spending and food purchasing in England: a longitudinal ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Changes in public sector service spending may influence food consumption. We make use of changing local authority (LA) expenditure in England to assess impacts on food purchasing. We examine total LA service spending and explore two potential pathways: highways and transport spending which may affect access to food; and housing service expenditure which may affect household resources available to purchase foods.

Design

Longitudinal panel survey at the LA level (2008-2015) using fixed effects linear regression.

Setting

324 LAs in England.

Main exposure

Expenditure per capita on total LA services, highways and transport services, and housing services.

Main outcome measures

LA area estimates of purchasing of fresh fruits and vegetables, high in f

SUBMITTER: Jenkins RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9237904 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature