Intelligence report January to June 2018

Findings

There was a significant disparity between parents and children's perceptions of their diets. Our summer survey found that 80% of parents agreed or somewhat agreed that their children ate the recommended 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day. However, only 18 % of children thought the same as their parents.

We found that the children were often surprised at the amounts of sugar and salts in foods. Many children also didn’t know how to read labels to find nutritional value or the content of fats, salt and sugars.

6% of children who took part in our healthy eating workshop said that they did not partake in any physical activities or exercise outside of school