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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Food and You Survey, 2016

Variable Details

VariableNuCorre
Label(D) H2_17 EatWell guide exercise - Number of food placed correctly
Question text This card shows a blank circle, divided into 5 sections, representing a guide to the proportions that different food groups should make towards the whole of a recommended balanced diet. Some foods are not recommended as part of a balanced diet, and should be eaten less often and in small amounts. There is a separate section for these foods, outside of the circle. These cards show the different food groups. Thinking of all the food a person would eat in a day, please place each card a section, to show how much of this food group you think there should be in a recommended balanced diet. Please also place the foods that you think are not part of a recommended balanced diet, in the section outside of the circle labelled 'eat less often and in small amounts'.
Responses
0 None of the foods in correct proportions in the guide. 17
1 One food in correct proportion in the guide. 49
2 Two foods in correct proportions in the guide. 105
3 Three foods in correct proportions in the guide. 86
4 Four foods in correct proportions in the guide. 202
5 Five foods in correct proportions in the guide. 0
6 All foods in correct proportions in the guide. 62
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 2597
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationFood and You Survey, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD H4 PLEASE SHUFFLE CARDS BETWEEN INTERVIEWS TO RANDOMISE ORDER HAND OVER SHUFFLE CARDS NOTE: we are focusing on all food eaten over the course of the day rather than in one meal RECORD FOOD TYPE FOR EACH SECTION RESPONSES FOR EACH OF THE 5 FOOD TYPES
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 years and over, resident in the UK.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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