Nutrition for Food Scarcity

Question 1

what is the greatest cause of morbidity and mortality in the UK and worldwide

Answer 1

poor quality diets

Question 2

What is an NCDs

Answer 2

non communicable diseases

Question 3

how much have an NCDs risen

Answer 3

• they have risen from 46% of the global burden of disease in 2001 to 57% in 2020 these are largely diet related

Question 4

what is linked with diet

Answer 4

• there is an increasing link between mental health

- diet can reduce depression symptoms

Question 5

What is the single biggest cause of cancer

Answer 5

diet related - obesity

Question 6

what is diet an important factor for

Answer 6

• recovery post surgery
• illness
• prevention of complications from existing illnesses such as type II diabetes

Question 7

what are bags of taste

Answer 7

• leaders in behaviour change
• applied behaviour change programme shifting the long term diets of people facing food poverty away from high dependence on processed and take away food
• works in 11 local boroughs across the UK

Question 8

what are the 5 ways to wellbeing

Answer 8

Connect with other people.

Good relationships are important for your mental wellbeing. …

Be physically active. Being active is not only great for your physical health and fitness. …

Learn new skills. …

Give to others. …

Pay attention to the present moment (mindfulness)

Question 9

what are health inequalities

Answer 9

systematic difference in health between different social groups within a society

Question 10

what are health inequalities due to

Answer 10

age

sex

ethnicity - Indian 3x higher chance of getting diabetes

Deprivation

Question 11

Why are health inequalities important

Answer 11

• Not fair - affect the weak and the vulnerable often
• are avoidable
• getting worse
• affect the population at large

Question 12

What is deprivation

Answer 12

• this is diet and poverty

Question 13

what are 25% of observed inequalities in the UK due to

Answer 13

• 25% of observed inequalities in the UK mortality are due to inequalities in diet

Question 14

why should you cook at home

Answer 14

• over 50% of UK food consumption is ultra processed food
• home cooking is linked to reduced type II diabetes, weight gain and obesity
• cuts salt intake by 74%
• saves money
• enhances family life and reduces social isolation
• conveincie foods and food consumed outside homes are associated with non communicable diseases

Question 15

what is ultra-processed food

Answer 15

• has more than 6 things in it

Question 16

Why dont people cook at home

Answer 16

• Motivation

- Skills

Question 17

what is motivation

Answer 17

• it equals incentive minus barriers

Question 18

what are the barriers to cooking

Answer 18

taste

• poor skills and results
• food preferences

time

• allocation of time
• perception of time
• quick competing options

Question 19

what are barriers to cooking for people in poverty

Answer 19

• confidence
• isolation
• mental health

Question 20

what inputs cost into the barriers of people in poverty

Answer 20

• food preferences
• cheap competing options
• perception of costs - if it costs more it is probably healthy

Question 21

what is connected to the poverty premium

Answer 21

• energy
• risk of waste
• food access transport
• information access
• upfront food costs of ingredients/bulk buying
• equipment and storage
• risk of waste
• scarcity mindset

Question 22

how do people not have access to information

Answer 22

Education

• specialist terms
• language
• literacy
• food literacy
• misinformation
• digital literacy

Cultural

• habits
• identify
• digital literacy

Cost

• Wifi
• data
• eyesight
• theft
• scams
• food literacy
• device to access internet

Safety

• bulling
• mental health
• theft
• scams
• misinformation

Question 23

what are the barriers for cooking people in poverty

Answer 23

Economic - what it costs

Psychological - what you feel about it

Structural - things outside your control

Practical - What you can learn

Question 24

what are the social determinants of health inequalities

Answer 24

• these are the complex, interlinked wider societal issues that influence our health

Question 25

what are the potential options to improve diet

Answer 25

• school education/school meals = eat them to defeat them
• nutrition signalling
• taxing bad foods such as the sugar tax
• subsidising good foods e.g. health start vouchers
• remove takeaways
• remove advertising
• working with industry
• cooking lessons

Question 26

what do cooking lessons do

Answer 26

• building confidence
• establishing social norms
• giving information on food access
• ensuring adequate equipment
• building community links and support
• change in the home - committing to the next step = can buy a bag at the end of the lesson and cook it.

Question 27

what does cooking at home lead to

Answer 27

• pride
• confidence
• praise
• better diet

these lead to

• better mental health
• better health
• financial savings
• sense of control
• providing for your family

Question 28

Why is bags of taste successful

Answer 28

• choose delicious food
  
  • save money
  • shop in the same places
  • eat the same sorts of foods