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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Food and You Survey, 2016

Variable Details

VariableH2_53_DV
Label(D) H2_18 Eating the right amount of calories each day
Question text Thinking about adults, how important do you think the following are for a healthy lifestyle? Eating foods such as bread, rice, pasta and potatoes Eating fruit and vegetables Eating fish, including oily fish Limiting foods high in saturated fat Limiting foods high in total fat Limiting food and drinks high in sugar Eating less salt Keeping to a healthy weight Drinking plenty of water Eating breakfast every day Eating white meat such as chicken or turkey Eating dairy produce such as cheese, milk or yoghurt Eating pulses such as soya beans, lentils or chickpeas Eating the right amount of calories each day
Responses
1 Very important 192
2 Fairly important 222
3 Neither important nor unimportant 64
4 Fairly unimportant 33
5 Very unimportant 8
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 2
-1 Item not applicable 2597
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationFood and You Survey, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD H5
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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