Diets of under 5s in the UK: any new national food strategy must consider socioeconomic factors

Mahase highlights the need for a better national food strategy for the UK.1 A recent report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition warns that the average diet of 1 to 5 year olds does not reach recommended standards for total dietary energy, sugar, saturated fat, protein, salt, and fibre.2On 6 July the National Centre for Social Research launched its report The price we pay: the social impact of the cost-of-living crisis.3 Socioeconomic factors are clear in many aspects of this report, with a graver impact on poorer families or disadvantaged populations (like ethnic minorities or people with disabilities). I was especially concerned by some descriptions of UK food insecurity in 2023, including that “47% of people (and higher proportions of younger adults and those ‘finding it very difficult’ to make ends meet) were eating less healthy food,” and that “9% of people had run out of food and been…
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