The National Good Food Nation Plan - Updated EQIA

Footnotes

1 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2023)

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

4 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2021)

5 Ibid.

6 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2023)

7 Best Start Foods: evaluation - gov.scot (2022), p.32

8 Dietary Intake in Scotland’s CHildren (DISH) research report | Food Standards Scotland (2025)

9 Ibid.

10 Malnutrition Risk Prevalence in the Community – Food Train (2025)

11 Ibid.

12 Exploring Household Food Security and Malnutrition Risk with Psychosocial Indicators of Healthy Ageing in Place: The Food Train - Eat Well Age Well Partnership Project (2020)

13 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2023)

14 Food Insecurity Pilot report | Citizens Advice Scotland (2024)

15 Food Insecurity Pilot report | Citizens Advice Scotland (2024), p.18-19

16 Rights Detectives | Together Scotland (2023)

17 Fuelled in School? A nation-wide survey of secondary school pupils’ opinion on school meals in Scotland - Glasgow Caledonian University (2022), p.2

18 Children’s Parliament - School Food Consultation (2018)

19 Scottish Government stakeholder engagement (2023)

20 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2023)

21 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2021)

22 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2023)

23 Family Resources Survey 2023 – 2024 (UK wide statistics) (2025)

24 Scottish Government analysis of the Family Resources Survey 2021-24 (2025)

25 Shopping Card Pilot Final Evaluation | Citizens Advice Scotland (2023), p.19

26 Food Insecurity Pilot report | Citizens Advice Scotland (2024), p.21

27 Ibid., p.22

28 Ibid., p.31

29 Lived Experience Boards | Human Rights Consortium Scotland (2022), Block 3, p.3

30 Scottish Government stakeholder engagement (2023)

31 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2023)

32 Ibid.

33 Ibid.

34 Office for National Statistics, Earnings and hours worked, by industry and occupation: ASHE (2024)

35 Scottish Government analysis of the Family Resources Survey 2021-24 (2025)

36 Ibid.

37 Scottish Health Survey - gov.scot (2023)

38 Five Family Payments evaluation: annex A - mixed methods research - gov.scot (2025), p.32

39 Scottish Government stakeholder engagement (2023)

40 Infant feeding statistics - Financial year 2023 to 2024 - Infant feeding statistics - Publications - Public Health Scotland (2024)

41 Births in Scotland - Year ending 31 March 2024 - Births in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland (2024)

42 Health Needs Assessment (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian (2022)

43 Ibid.

44 Scottish Government analysis of the Family Resources Survey 2021-24 (2025)

45 Ethnic Minorities and Diet - Minority ethnic groups - understanding diet, weight and type 2 diabetes: scoping review (2022)

46 Ibid.

47 Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups - gov.scot (2012)

48 Ibid.

49 Ibid.

50 Overweight adults - GOV.UK Ethnicity facts and figures (2024)

51 Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups - gov.scot (2012)

52 Scottish Government analysis of the Family Resources Survey 2021-24 (2025)

53 Food Insecurity Pilot report | Citizens Advice Scotland (2024), p.19

54 Five Family Payments: evaluation – gov.scot (2025)

55 Lived Experience Boards | Human Rights Consortium Scotland (2022), Block 3, p.10

56 Ibid., p.14

57 Ibid.

58 Nourish Scotland – Our Right to Food: Pakistani Households in Scotland (2025), p.24-25

59 Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups - gov.scot (2012)

60 Scottish Government analysis of the Family Resources Survey 2021-24 (2025)