scholarly journals Is the UK diet sustainable? Assessing the environmental impact, cost and nutritional quality of household food purchases

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (OCE3) ◽  
Author(s):  
W.L. Wrieden ◽  
I. Leinonen ◽  
K.L. Barton ◽  
J. Halligan ◽  
L. Goffe
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Impact Cost

scholarly journals Development of the Healthy Purchase Index (HPI): a scoring system to assess the nutritional quality of household food purchases

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 765-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Tharrey ◽  
Christophe Dubois ◽  
Matthieu Maillot ◽  
Florent Vieux ◽  
Caroline Méjean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Deprived Neighbourhoods ◽  
Sugary Drinks ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Mean

AbstractObjectiveTo develop an index to assess the nutritional quality of household food purchases based on food expenditures only.DesignA database of monthly food purchases of a convenience sample of low-income households was used to develop the Healthy Purchase Index (HPI). The HPI is the sum of two sub-scores based on expenditure shares of food categories in total household food expenditure: the purchase diversity sub-score and the purchase quality sub-score. The first was adapted from an existing diversity score. The second integrated those food categories identified as the best predictors of the nutritional quality of purchases based on associations between expenditure shares of food categories and two nutritional quality indicators: the mean adequacy ratio (MAR) and the mean excess ratio (MER). Correlation between the HPI and a score assessing adherence to French dietary guidelines (PNNS-GSmod) was performed as a first validation.Setting/ParticpantsFood purchases of 112 households from deprived neighbourhoods of Marseille (France), participating in the Opticourses and Jassur projects (2012–2015).ResultsThe purchase diversity sub-score reflects the presence in food purchases of five food categories: fruits, vegetables, starches, dairy products, and meat, fish & eggs. The purchase quality sub-score is based on expenditure shares for fruit & vegetables, added fats & seasonings, sweet snacks, cheese, sugary drinks, refined grains and fish, as these were identified as predictors of the nutritional quality of purchases. The HPI was positively associated with the PNNS-GSmod (rs=0·378; P<0·001).ConclusionsThe HPI helps assess the healthiness of household food purchases.

Household food security: Perceptions, behavior and nutritional quality of food purchases

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Silva ◽  
Juan Carlos Caro ◽  
David Magaña-Lemus
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Quality Of Food

WIC Participation and Relative Quality of Household Food Purchases: Evidence from FoodAPS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Fang ◽  
Michael R. Thomsen ◽  
Rodolfo M. Nayga ◽  
Aaron M. Novotny
Keyword(s):  
Food Purchases ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Wic Participation ◽  
Relative Quality

scholarly journals Nutritional quality of prepackaged food that carry health or nutritional claims and their compliance with SFDA regulations in Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amal Almughthim ◽  
Hoda Jr
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nutrition Claims ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background Products that carry health or nutrition claims may be perceived by consumers as healthier than those that do not carry claims. Therefore, they will have a more favorable attitude towards it and may also be easily misled about the nutritional profile and may misinterpret it. Nutritional quality of those products should be assessed to protect consumers against being misled and ensuring that they receive accurate information about food products carrying a claim.Methods a cross-sectional survey for a total of 1153 foods were randomly sampled from fourteen stores in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected from nutritional facts present on food labels and evaluated by comparing the mean level of nutrients between products that carried claims and those that did not using the UK nutrient profile model (UKNPM).Results Overall, 29% of products carried either health or nutritional claims. Only 19.2% of foods that carried health claims met SFDA requirements, while 28.9% of all products that carried nutritional claims met SFDA criteria. The results indicate that products that carried health or nutritional claims were significantly lower in sugar (9.67 g/100 g), fat (9.2 g/100 g), saturated fat (3.2 g/100 g), and sodium (371.36 mg/100 g). According to the UK nutrient profiling model, 46.9% of the products carrying claims were less healthy than those not carrying claims, and statistically significant differences were observed by product origin and category (p=0.005 and p=0.000, respectively).Conclusion a great need for the regulation and monitoring of claims on food packages for the optimal protection of the population’s health.

scholarly journals Trading on Food Quality due to Changes in Prices: Are There Any Nutritional Effects?

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Revoredo-Giha ◽  
Faical Akaichi ◽  
Neil Chalmers
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Nutritional Effects ◽  
Food And Drink ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

The analysis of changes in prices is not only important because they directly affect households’ affordability and, therefore, their food security but also because they may trigger changes in the composition of their food and drink choices. Thus, an increase in prices may force a household with limited resources to choose a bundle of goods with lower prices that substitute their original choices and are probably of lower quality. This paper considers the situation of each UK country and the implications that trading down in quality within a food and drink category has on nutrition. Two motivations to pursue these analyses are to explore the sort of substitutions that households do within a category due to an increase in prices and, in the UK leaving the European Union (Brexit) context, the impact that an increase in food prices may have on nutrition. After computing estimates for trading down for each country for the period 2007–2014, we regress the annual rate of change by nutrient with respect to the annual trading in quality for six food qualities that are major contributors of fat, sugar and salt to the diet. The results indicate that trading down in quality occurs in most of the studied categories and countries, and when households trade down, they move to products with worse nutritional quality. This points out the need to keep improving the quality of products through reformulation, ensure that consumers are well informed of nutritional quality of products and monitor the effect of changes in prices.

Can an On-Shelf Nutrition Labelling System Improve the Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases in Supermarkets?

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. S32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Hobin ◽  
Jocelyn Sacco ◽  
Lana Vanderlee ◽  
Laura Rosella ◽  
Mary L’abbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Nutrition Labelling ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Quality Of Food ◽  
Labelling System

scholarly journals WIC Participation and Relative Quality of Household Food Purchases: Evidence from FoodAPS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Fang ◽  
Michael Thomsen ◽  
Rodolfo Nayga ◽  
Aaron Novotny
Keyword(s):  
Food Purchases ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Wic Participation ◽  
Relative Quality
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