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An overview of food eaten outside the home in the United Kingdom National Food Survey and the new Expenditure and Food Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2008

David J Rimmer
David J Rimmer*
Affiliation:
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Room 512, West Block, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HH, UK
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*Email david.j.rimmer@defra.gsi.gov.uk
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Abstract

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Objective

To summarise the methods of data collection on foods eaten outside the home in the National Food Survey (NFS) and the new (2001) Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS).

Design

The treatment of foods eaten outside the home in the NFS was reviewed as part of a merger process with the UK household budget Family Expenditure Survey (FES). Problem issues were identified and the way these problems are being dealt with in the EFS is indicated.

Setting

United Kingdom.

Results

Pilot EFS results indicate improved coverage of foods eaten outside the home, in a comparable period to the NFS.

Conclusion

The new EFS, which represents a merger of the NFS and the FES at the level of data collection and validation, is likely to preserve the qualities of the previous surveys and represents an improvement over them.

Keywords

National food surveyFamily expenditure surveyExpenditure and food survey
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 4 , Issue 5b , October 2001 , pp. 1173 - 1175
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2001