Table of Contents
Introduction
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- Definition
- Abbreviations
Executive Summary
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- Attitudes towards weight and diet
- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients
- Attitudes towards eating for health
Market Drivers
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- Health of the population
- Widening interest in diet
- Obesity the new threat
- Weight control
- Healthy eating guidelines
- Food with health benefits
- Functional foods a growing area
- “Free-from” foods gain a foothold
- Children’s market an area of controversy
- Advertising to children
- Affluence and link with healthy eating
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- PDI and consumer expenditure, at constant 1998 prices, 1998-2007
- Trends and projections in the UK population, by socio-economic group, 1998-2007
- Food consumption and expenditure
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- Household final consumption expenditure on food, 1998-2002
- Changing age structure of population
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- Trends and projections in UK population, by age group, 1998-2007
- Total UK male and female population, 1998-2007
- Trends in UK number of households, by size, 1998-2007
- Growth in working population
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- Workforce in employment in the UK, by gender, 1998-2007
Attitudes Towards Weight and Diet
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- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by gender, 2002
- Almost three in ten adults trying to lose weight most of the time
- Women twice as likely as men to be trying to lose weight
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- Selected attitudes towards weight control, by gender, 2002
- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by age, 2002
- Over-54s most likely to be concerned about losing weight
- Younger groups less keen to change their eating habits
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- Selected attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by age, 2002
- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by yearly income group, 2002
- Income has less impact on eating habits than age or gender
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- Selected attitudes towards weight and diet, by income, 2002
- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by region, 2002
- Regional variations also slight
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- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by working status, 2002
- New product development, weight and diet
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Attitudes Towards Food Quality and Ingredients
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- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients in GB, by gender, 2002
- Women more inclined to pay attention to food quality issues
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- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients in GB, by age, 2002
- Food concern rises in line with age
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- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients in GB, by income group, 2002
- Lower income groups need encouragement to pay more attention to diet
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- Selected attitudes towards food quality and ingredients in GB, by income, 2002
- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients in GB, by region, 2002
- Concern over food scares greater in the North
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- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, by working status, 2002
- New product development, food quality and ingredients
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Attitudes Towards Eating For Health
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- Attitudes towards health in GB, by gender, 2002
- Women more health conscious than men
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- Selected attitudes towards health in GB, by gender, 2002
- Attitudes towards health in GB, by age, 2002
- Older age groups also most health aware, but vegetarianism more popular among younger groups
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- Selected attitudes towards health in GB, by age, 2002
- Attitudes towards health in GB, by yearly income group, 2002
- More affluent consumers tend to take most exercise
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- Selected attitudes towards health in GB, by income, 2002
- Attitudes towards health in GB, by region, 2002
- Southerners more likely to think they have healthy diets
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- Attitudes towards health in GB, by working status, 2002
- Full-time workers have less time eat healthily
- New product development, vegetarian, convenience and indulgence
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Consumer Typologies
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- Weight Conscious group
- European comparisons
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- Profile of Weight Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards weight and diet, by Weight Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Likelihood of avoiding calories, sugar and fats, by Weight Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, by Weight Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards artificial additives, GM and organic foods, by Weight Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards health, by Weight Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Vegetable intake, by Weight Conscious group, by country, 2002
- The weight-conscious in Britain
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- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, all adults vs. Weight Conscious, 2002
- Weight Conscious need to be persuaded not to skip meals
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- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, all adults vs. Weight Conscious, 2002
- Weight Conscious more likely to check out food additives
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- Attitudes towards health and vegetarian foods, all adults vs. Weight Conscious, 2002
- Weight Conscious eschew meat and eat a lot of vegetables
- Quality Conscious group
- European comparisons
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- Profile of Quality Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards weight and diet, by Quality Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards weight control, by Quality Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, by Quality Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards food labels and additives, by Quality Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards health, by Quality Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Selected attitudes towards health, by Quality Conscious group, by country, 2002
- Quality Conscious in Britain
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- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by Quality Conscious group, 2002
- Quality Conscious consumers pay particular attention to diet
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- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients in GB, by Quality Conscious group, 2002
- Food additives of special concern to the Quality Conscious
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- Attitudes towards health in GB, by Quality Conscious group, 2002
- Quality concerned consumers have greater tendency to avoid meat and to be vegetarian
- The Indulgers group
- European comparisons
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- Profile of Indulgers group, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards weight and diet, by Indulgers, by country, 2002
- Dietary comparison, by Indulgers, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, by Indulgers, by country, 2002
- Attitude towards organic, additive-free and GM food, by Indulgers, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards health, by Indulgers, by country, 2002
- Attitudes towards health and diet, by Indulgers, by country, 2002
- Indulgers in Britain
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- Attitudes towards weight and diet in GB, by Indulgers, 2002
- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, by Indulgers, 2002
- Attitudes towards health and vegetarian foods, by Indulgers, 2002
- Comparisons between British Healthy Eating Groups
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- Attitudes towards weight and diet, by British healthy eating groups, 2002
- Selected attitudes towards weight and diet, by British healthy eating groups, 2002
- Attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, by British healthy eating groups, 2002
- Selected attitudes towards food quality and ingredients, by British healthy eating groups, 2002
- Attitudes towards health, by British healthy eating groups, 2002
- Selected attitudes towards health, by British healthy eating groups, 2002
- Choice of foods according to attitude groups
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- Consumption of food products, by British healthy eating groups, 2002
- Scope for further development of the low-fat sector
- Pasta may also need a change of image
- More low-calorie meal accompaniments to tempt the Weight Conscious
- Organic options to satisfy quality-conscious consumers need for convenience
- Weight Conscious also need tempting with low-calorie dessert options
Forecast
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- Future impact of demographic changes
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- Impact of demographic chnages on healthy eating typologies, 2002-07
- Watching their belts
- Quality will retain large consumer base
- Still a place for indulgence products
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