•Sample of ~2000 people aged 2 to 85+
yrs
•Household where >1adult in receipt of one or more benefits
•Increased risks of:
-
obesity
- physical
inactivity
-
smoking
- alcohol
excess – slightly in women only but not men
•Poorer intakes and status of:
-
folate
- vitamin
C
- vitamin
D
- not iron
and anaemia
•Causative factor: more lack of education rather than money
•Dietary solution costs ~ £7:00/week:
fresh
potatoes, DGLV – dark green leafy vegetables, fruit, eggs and tinned oily fish
(see lecture
www.stewartnutrition.co.uk for detail)