Food insecurity in the UK and its association with deprivation and attitude : the consequence on dietary patterns using a diet quality index and on body weight using BMI class
Food insecurity in the UK and its association with deprivation and attitude : the consequence on dietary patterns using a diet quality index and on body weight using BMI class
This thesis is based on a secondary analysis of data to examine social and demographic aspects of food insecurity in Britain. The central hypothesis addresses the interaction between deprivation and negative attitudes and levels of food insecurity. The primary hypothesis was that greater food insecurity would lead to a lower diet quality characterised by a greater consumption of high energy good which in turn would lead to adverse changes in body composition. The worst off group was suggested to be those who are food insecure with deprivation and negative attitudes to healthy eating. The study is a pilot cross-sectional secondary analysis of an existing data set from a very deprived area in Leeds (459 households).
The results showed one in three households to be food insecure and the risk was three times more for the most deprived households with negative attitude to healthy eating. Food insecurity was associated with younger age, being female, being heavy smokers, being poorly educated and receipt of benefits for a prolonged time. The food insecure had a significantly lower score in a simplified diet quality index (DQI). Although food insecurity was not significantly related to body mass index (BMI), there was a trend to obesity and weight loss in the food insecure. However, analysis of the interaction of food insecurity, BMI and DQI showed a trend to low diet quality in all BMI classes of the food insecure that was significant only in the overweight group. Food insecurity is only one of the important factors which affect behaviour towards healthy eating and food choice.
University of Southampton
Bukhari, Hassan
1e825d53-f208-4c91-8a3c-a59eb3d9b140
2006
Bukhari, Hassan
1e825d53-f208-4c91-8a3c-a59eb3d9b140
Bukhari, Hassan
(2006)
Food insecurity in the UK and its association with deprivation and attitude : the consequence on dietary patterns using a diet quality index and on body weight using BMI class.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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This thesis is based on a secondary analysis of data to examine social and demographic aspects of food insecurity in Britain. The central hypothesis addresses the interaction between deprivation and negative attitudes and levels of food insecurity. The primary hypothesis was that greater food insecurity would lead to a lower diet quality characterised by a greater consumption of high energy good which in turn would lead to adverse changes in body composition. The worst off group was suggested to be those who are food insecure with deprivation and negative attitudes to healthy eating. The study is a pilot cross-sectional secondary analysis of an existing data set from a very deprived area in Leeds (459 households).
The results showed one in three households to be food insecure and the risk was three times more for the most deprived households with negative attitude to healthy eating. Food insecurity was associated with younger age, being female, being heavy smokers, being poorly educated and receipt of benefits for a prolonged time. The food insecure had a significantly lower score in a simplified diet quality index (DQI). Although food insecurity was not significantly related to body mass index (BMI), there was a trend to obesity and weight loss in the food insecure. However, analysis of the interaction of food insecurity, BMI and DQI showed a trend to low diet quality in all BMI classes of the food insecure that was significant only in the overweight group. Food insecurity is only one of the important factors which affect behaviour towards healthy eating and food choice.
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Published date: 2006
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