In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather than healthier items, and that less deprived households were more likely to buy foods on…
Why don’t poor men eat fruit?
We looked at whether there were differences by Socioeconomic Status (SES) in how much people liked fruit. We were interested in whether this might explain socioeconomic differences in self-reported fruit consumption. Our results showed: no differences between SES found for…
Socioeconomic differences in purchases of more vs. less healthy foods and beverages
This analysis of purchasing data collected from 25,674 British households in 2010 found that lower socioeconomic status (SES) groups generally purchased a greater proportion of energy from less healthy foods and beverages than those in higher SES groups, while higher…
Meta-analyses find no evidence that acting on intentions to improve levels of physical activity is socially patterned
There is inconsistent evidence that more, compared with less socially and materially deprived individuals are less likely to act on intentions to improve health-related behaviour, including levels of physical activity. Conducting meta-analyses of studies looking at physical activity and two…