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The Whole Plate: Affordable, Healthy and Sustainable Food? - Labour Party Conference 2022
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TEDxBath 2022
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The whole plate: affordable, healthy and sustainable food - Conservative Party Conference 2022
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Food for the Future: School Food and the Levelling Up Agenda - Conservative Party Conference 2022
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Safeguarding health by breaking the junk food cycle - Labour Party Conference 2022
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Breadline Voices: Rise in working people having to rely on free food
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Breadline Voices: 'Demand for free food greater than during Covid peak'
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Data Dashboards and Data Stories
Government Data on Food Insecurity During the Pandemic: A Data Story
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Levelling Up on Regional Dietary Inequalities: A Data Story
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Dietary Health Disparities Across Socio-economic Groups: A Data Story
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The Critical Importance of Early Years Nutrition in Prevention of Childhood Obesity
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Children's Right2Food Dashboard
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Food Insecurity Tracking
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Food Prices Tracking
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“When I tried to go get a salad, it cost three pounds, which I don’t have, but I can go McDonald’s and get a burger for a pound which fills me up very well.”
Food Foundation Young Food Ambassador
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The Problem
Our data shows
14% of households with children
experienced food insecurity between August 2021 and January 2022
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The poorest fifth of UK households would need to spend
40% of their disposable income on food
to afford the Eatwell guide
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Healthy foods are nearly
three times as expensive
as less healthy foods per calorie
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Children in the most deprived fifth of households are almost
twice as likely to have obesity
as those in the least deprived fifth of households by age 4-6
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1 in 5
places to buy food are fast food outlets in the richest fifth of local authorities, compared to almost
1 in 3
in the poorest fifth
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The richest fifth on average eat
one more portion of veg a day
compared to the poorest fifth
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