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Food coping strategies: a century on from Rowntree.

D K Grant1, S Maxwell

  • 1Centre for Consumer Education and Research, Liverpool John Moores University, School of Education and Community Studies. D.K.GRANT@LIVJM.AC.UK

Nutrition and Health
|August 24, 1999
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Low-income households struggle to afford healthy diets despite using coping strategies. Updated Rowntree estimates show many still fall short of dietary needs, highlighting the need for better financial support and home economics education.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Socioeconomic Determinants of Health
  • Dietary Assessment

Background:

  • Rowntree's food estimates require updating to reflect current dietary habits and lifestyles.
  • Investigating the persistence of food budgeting and coping strategies among low-income households.
  • Assessing if current food expenditure meets minimum dietary recommendations for low-income groups.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To update Rowntree's food estimates for contemporary diets.
  • To examine modern food budgeting and coping strategies in low-income households.
  • To evaluate food expenditure adequacy against minimum dietary recommendations.

Main Methods:

  • Face-to-face interviews using questionnaires with 200 low-income households in Merseyside.

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  • Analysis of food expenditure patterns and dietary adequacy.
  • Comparison with Rowntree's historical estimates and national averages.

    • Main Results:

    • Low-income households face barriers to healthy eating due to financial constraints.
    • Prevalent use of coping strategies and reliance on external support networks observed.
    • Households with children spent slightly more than the Rowntree minimum but still failed to achieve a healthy diet.
    • All low-income households spent significantly less per person than the UK average.

    Conclusions:

    • Despite efforts in health promotion, significant challenges remain in ensuring adequate nutrition for low-income populations.
    • Home Economics education in schools is crucial and should be reinstated in the National Curriculum.
    • Standardized approaches for welfare and top-up payments are recommended to enable healthier food choices within budget constraints.