Families are opting for processed foods, ready meals and eating less healthily due to the cost of living crisis.
This is according to the BBC Good Food Nation survey.
Findings show that almost one in five Britons (19%) are eating more processed foods because they are cheaper. More than two thirds of people (69%) said they considered themselves as healthy eaters.
However, almost one third (28%) said they were eating less nutritious food because it the cost is too high.
Looking at shopping, eating and cooking habits, the survey found that three in five people (60%) have changed what they eat due to the rising cost of ingredients. This includes 16% who said they have cut back on organic ingredients and 12% who said they were eating less protein. In addition, 15% are taking more packed lunches to work to combat higher food bills.
Reduce waste
Other findings include:
- More than a third of respondents (36%) said they were producing fewer leftovers. Reasons included to save money (59%), because they are meal planning more carefully (44%) and to reduce waste to help the planet (34%)
- The four most common foods people threw away were salad leaves (31%), bread (29%), fruit (24%) and vegetables (23%).
This comes as new research shows that sugar-sweetened beverages can contribute to liver problems, increasing the risk of liver cancer and fatal liver disease.
Published in JAMA, the study evaluated whether intake of sugar-sweetened beverages or artificially sweetened beverages was associated with higher rates of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI).
Participants included more than 98,000 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years. The group was enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative from 1993 to 1998 at 40 clinical centres in the US. They were then followed up to 1 March 2020.
It found that women at the postmenopausal stage who consumed one or more sugar-sweetened drinks daily were at an increased risk for liver cancer and death from chronic liver disease.
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