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Diet and health inequalities: connecting with vulnerable groups to address food insecurity: the DIO Food project.

Crabtree, Daniel R.; Hunter, Emma; Jenneson, Victoria; Fildes, Alison; Kininmonth, Alice; Pontin, Francesca; Ennis, Emily; Lonnie, Marta; Skeggs, Hannah; McHugh, Lizzy; Morris, Michelle A.; Douglas, Flora; Johnstone, Alexandra M.; DIO Food Team

Authors

Daniel R. Crabtree

Victoria Jenneson

Alison Fildes

Alice Kininmonth

Francesca Pontin

Emily Ennis

Marta Lonnie

Hannah Skeggs

Lizzy McHugh

Michelle A. Morris

Alexandra M. Johnstone

DIO Food Team



Abstract

The current cost-of-living crisis is disproportionately affecting families experiencing poverty and is likely to be amplifying existing dietary inequalities and challenges, such as food insecurity (FI). Government policies designed to address diet inequality in the UK have historically had minimal impact on population diet and health and may have even widened existing inequalities. Therefore, the effect of nutrition policies on those experiencing FI in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis needs to be better understood. The aim of the Diet and Health Inequalities (DIO Food) project is to work with early years, people living on a low-income and retailers to generate opportune evidence-based research and commentary that will inform diet-related health inequalities policy and practice. DIO Food is related to the existing Food Insecurity in people living with Obesity (FIO Food) project, which consists of four interlinked work packages (WPs1-4). DIO Food consists of three interlinked work packages (WPs5-7), which enhance the scope of FIO Food, and are described in this article. WP5 addresses a paucity of research around maternal and infant food insecurity in the UK, by applying a qualitative research approach to capture parents’ and carers’ perceptions of the relationship between the food system and other influences impacting infant feeding practice, associated with the cost-of-living crisis. WP6 will conduct the first-ever cross-retailer independent evaluation of England's High Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) product placement legislation. Researchers will analyse store-level supermarket sales data provided by large UK retailers to produce sector-level insights into whether HFSS legislation reduced HFSS purchasing, improved the healthiness of retailer product portfolios, and was equitable across areas with different characteristics. WP7 will support WP5 and 6, by strengthening engagement with key stakeholders, including at-risk consumers and representatives of major supermarkets, and effectively translating research outcomes and stakeholder perspectives for policy and industry decision-makers.

Citation

CRABTREE, D.R., HUNTER, E., JENNESON, V., FILDES, A., KININMONTH, A., PONTIN, F., ENNIS, E., LONNIE, M., SKEGGS, H., MCHUGH, L., MORRIS, M.A., DOUGLAS, F. and JOHNSTONE, A.M., on behalf of the DIO Food team. [2024]. Diet and health inequalities: connecting with vulnerable groups to address food insecurity: the DIO Food project. Nutrition bulletin [online], Early View. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12709

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 11, 2024
Online Publication Date Sep 25, 2024
Deposit Date Sep 13, 2024
Publicly Available Date Sep 13, 2024
Journal Nutrition bulletin
Print ISSN 1471-9827
Electronic ISSN 1467-3010
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12709
Keywords Food insecurity; Diet inequality; Health inequality; Food system; Early years; Products high in fat; Sugar and salt
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2475047

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© 2024 The Author(s). Nutrition Bulletin published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Nutrition Foundation. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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