Lawrence Haddad of the International Food Policy Research Institute presents to the Food Foundation,10 February 2016. Audio: https://goo.gl/WMFWhp More info: http://foodfoundation.org.uk/blog/

1. UK Food Policy &
Nutrition: Tracking
Progress
Strengthening accountability systems for nutrition in the UK
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2. Today’s speakers
@Food_Foundation
Lawrence Haddad
Senior Research Fellow
IFPRI
@l_haddad
Inge Kauer
Executive Director
Access to Nutrition
@ingekauer
Boyd Swinburn - Keynote
Prof. of Population,
Nutrition and Global Health
University of Auckland
@BoydSwinburn
Fiona Watson
Consultant
The Food Foundation
@Food_Foundation

3. Today’s panellists
@Food_Foundation
Lord Chris
Haskins
Andrew Opie
Director of Food and Sustainability
British Retail Consortium
@the_brc
Jo Ralling
Campaign Director
Jamie Oliver Food Foundation
@FoodRev
Guy Poppy
Chief Scientific Advisor
Food Standards Agency
@GuyPoppy1
Corinna Hawkes - Chair
Prof. of Food Policy
City University London
@CorinnaHawkes

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5. How does the UK compare with other high
income countries on key nutrition
indicators?
Lawrence Haddad
International Food Policy Research Institute
10 February 2016

6. Outline
 Nutrition Status
 Drivers
 Policy and Legislation
 Missing Data
 Conclusions

8. 10
8 8
7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
6 5 5 5
5
Low Birth Weight (%)
Source: UNICEF 2015

9. 20
19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17
15 15
12
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%)
Source: WHO 2015
Note: all data estimated for 2011
Off course On course

10. 67 64 64 64 63 61 61 61 60 59 59 57 56 56 55 55
Adult overweight and obesity (%)
BMI ≥ 25
Source: WHO 2015
Note: all data estimated for 2014
High and increasing Low and increasing

11. 34
29 29 28 28
26
24 24 23 23
21 21 20 20 20 19
Adult obesity (%)
BMI ≥ 30
Source: WHO 2015
Note: all data estimated for 2014.
Off course On course

12. English Data (not in GNR)
Overweight children 54-66 months
All: 22.6% (2013-14)
(Greater than or equal to the 85th BMI centile in reception class)
Source: National Child Measurement Programme. England 2014-2015 school year
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB16070/nati-chil-meas-prog-eng-2013-2014-rep.pdf p.17
Obese Adolescents 13-15 years
Boys = 17% Girls = 22% (2013)
(Greater than the 95th UK National BMI centile)
Source: Health Survey for England 2013.
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB16076/HSE2013-Ch11-Child-BMI.pdf p.18

13. 41 41 40
38 38 38 37 37 36 36 35 35
33 32
30 30
Raised blood pressure (%)
Source: WHO 2014.
Note: all data estimated for 2008
Off course On course

14. 66 65 63 63 62 62 62 62 61
56 56 55 54 53 52
48
Raised blood cholesterol (%)
Source: WHO 2014.
Note: all data estimated for 2008
Off course On course

15. 11
10 10 10
9 9
8 8 8
7 7 7 7 7
6
5
Raised blood glucose (%)
Source: WHO 2014.
Note: all data estimated for 2008
Off course On course

16. 478 515 521 557 566 576 578 586 588 602 605 621
666 673
782
967
Availability of fruit and vegetables
(grams per day)
Source: FAO 2014
Note: Data are for 2011.

17. Source: Euromonitor 2014, (US $ fixed exchange rates)
740 722 720
650
618
538 532 526 526 509 503 495
444 424 414
332
Consumer expenditure on fruits & vegetables
(US$/cap/year)

18. 391 381
334
318 306 296
275
254 247 242 236 226 218
200 196
181
Fresh food purchased (kg per Cap)
Source: Euromonitor 2014

19. Availability and stage of implementation of
guidelines, protocols, and standards for the
management of hypertension
Not
available
Available, not
implemented
Available, partially
implemented
Available, fully
implemented
Source: WHO 2014

20. Not
available
Available, not
implemented
Available, partially
implemented
Available, fully
implemented
Source: WHO 2014
Availability and stage of implementation of
guidelines, protocols, and standards for the
management of diabetes

21. No action Few provisions law Many provisions lawVoluntary Law
Source: UNICEF 2014
Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of
Breast milk Substitutes
Breast feeding in England
• % of babies breastfed at birth 81% in 2010
• % of infants 0–5 months old, exclusively breastfed 1% in 2010
Infant Feeding Survey – UK 2010, http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB08694

22. 8572 8513
4155
1691 1667
1147 1072 1050 939 754 742 707 700 699 691 507
Total Emissions (CO2eq) from Agriculture/cap (kg)
Source: FAO 2011

23. Summary of UK performance relative to
comparators
 Outcomes
 Poor: Overweight, obesity, raised blood cholesterol
 Middling: LBW, raised blood pressure
 Good: anemia, raised blood sugar
 Determinants
 Poor: exclusive breastfeeding, fresh food purchases
 Middling: availability of fruits and vegetables; purchase of fruits and
vegetables
 Policy and Legislation
 Middling: BMS Code, Hypertension and Diabetes Protocol
Implementation
 Good: CO2 emissions from agriculture

24. 14
19
25 25 26 26 26 27 27 30 30 30 33 34 34 36
% Missing Indicators in GNR Nutrition
Country Profiles

25. Conclusions
 UK food system nutritionally weak compared to
other high income countries
 e.g. fresh food purchases, obesity and overweight rates
 Even when good or middling compared to other
countries, still poor in terms of absolute levels
 Significant scope to improve implementation of
protocols and code application
 Plenty of missing UK data when reporting on global
goals
 SDG reporting will require every country to provide U5
stunting, wasting and overweight

26. Thank You

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