Children’s nutritional health in Bradford – 2007
Ann Hobbis Nutritional issues in Bradford’s children - contribution to Eat Local -Think Global
Over and underweight
Nutritional deficiencies – 363 children identified as Vit D deficient by opportunistic screening 2000 – 2004
40% children under 4 in City PCT anaemic
Distribution of bmi in year 6 children
Ethnicity and Weight:
South Asian children are slightly more likely to be underweight or obese than non South Asian children.
What are children eating?
National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2000)
- Irregular meal pattern
- “Grazing” or snacking behaviour
- Fat, sugar and salt
- Processed foods
- Carbonated /caffeinated beverages
Food Poverty and access to fresh food
- Inequalities in amount spent on fresh fruit and vegetables by income and number of children in household
- Inequalities in the amount eaten
- Access to shops and use of car
- Affordability
- Skills and motivation
Health / Education Service-led interventions
- Community development
- Community skills and training
- Community – led project support
- Healthy Start:
- Five-a-day
- Healthy School Standards / Food in Schools
- School Travel plans
- Schools in Action
Scourge of the fizzy drinks
- Epidemiological evidence
- Cohort evidence
- Prospective intervention evidence
- Clinical trial evidence
Proposed physiological mechanism regarding satiety
“The world is full of thirsty people. They satisfy that thirst approximately 50 billion times daily. Today, they reach for our beverages only 1.3 billion times. That’s our opportunity.”
Coca Cola Company Annual Review 2005