Food Consumption & Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 A. Hopkin, A. Rees-Russell & J. Parnham

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Healthy eating Food poverty The role of food mapping Introduction

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Five-a-day Average fresh fruit and vegetable consumption is currently 3.7 portions per day. Purchases of fresh fruit and vegetables fell by 1.6% between 2002/3 and 2003/4. Energy intakes from fats, saturated fats and sugars are increasing. There are also regional and demographic variations in consumption: Regional patterns BME patterns Healthy Eating

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Factors affecting food poverty: Low income Lack of access to reasonably priced shops Inadequate knowledge about healthy eating Food Poverty

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Spatial variations in consumption Areas most at risk from: Lack of food choice Poor dietary habits Potentially poor health The role of food mapping

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Thematic mapping Simplification into food groups Classification Methodology

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Regional modelling developed by Cambridge University Expenditure & Food Survey data: Buyer rates Spend rates ACORN COICOP - 67 food products CACI household expenditure data

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 IMD ranking.pdf Mapping of actual expenditure: Per capita and per household Location of spend and total expenditure Alcohol and tobacco Limitations Food - thematic maps.pdfFood - thematic maps.pdf Total tobacco per capita.pdfTotal tobacco per capita.pdf Thematic mapping

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 In excess off 400 hundred food product maps have been produced The COICOP consumer classification: Bread and cereals Meat Fish and seafood Fish group.pdfFish group.pdf Milk, cheese and eggs Oils and fats Fruit Vegetables Sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionary Food products (not elsewhere classified) Simplification into food groups

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Principal Components Analysis Cluster analysis Food classification.pdf Alcohol and tobacco classifications.pdf Classification

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Findings (Average per capita weekly expenditure)

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Findings (Average per capita weekly expenditure)

Food Consumption and Food Poverty in Derby, 2004 Accessibility / drive-time modelling Balance within the diet Local survey work Analysis of food consumption against socio economic data i.e health, income and education Possibility of an individual level classification Future work