Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Published: 3 October 2017
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781788512763

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

Part of

Scottish Health Survey

Table 4.5 Summary of adult eating habits, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016

Aged 16 and over					2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
Food type and frequency	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Eats oily fish once a week or more	23	24	25	23	32
Eats white fish once a week or more	50	51	52	48	51
Eats tuna fish once a week or more	27	29	29	25	25
Eats red meat^a 2+ times a week	64	63	59	61	64
Eats meat products^b 2+ times a week	39	34	36	37	42
Drinks skimmed / semi-skimmed milk	70	73	71	71	70
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more	28	26	28	27	31
Biscuits once a day or more	36	35	33	35	30
Cakes 2+ times a week	36	36	36	36	31
Ice-cream once a week or more	29	24	28	33	30
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more	26	29	28	30	23
Crisps once a day or more	19	17	18	23	18
Eats chips 2+ times a week	36	35	36	37	37
Eats potatoes, pasta, rice 5+ times a week	55	53	52	51	49
Eats at least 2-3 slices of high fibre bread a day	42	41	43	43	42
Eats high fibre / low sugar cereal at least 5-6 times a week	29	24	31	30	29
Women
Eats oily fish once a week or more	26	24	26	27	32
Eats white fish once a week or more	52	49	50	48	48
Eats tuna fish once a week or more	33	32	32	30	31
Eats red meat^a 2+ times a week	59	53	53	51	51
Eats meat products^b 2+ times a week	18	17	21	20	23
Drinks skimmed / semi-skimmed milk	77	77	77	77	73
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more	28	24	29	26	26
Biscuits once a day or more	33	28	32	27	25
Cakes 2+ times a week	33	36	33	32	32
Ice-cream once a week or more	28	24	25	26	24
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more	21	23	22	24	17
Crisps once a day or more	16	14	16	19	15
Eats chips 2+ times a week	26	24	26	25	26
Eats potatoes, pasta, rice 5+ times a week	54	53	51	52	51
Eats at least 2-3 slices of high fibre bread a day	42	43	40	37	34
Eats high fibre / low sugar cereal at least 5-6 times a week	31	28	33	30	26
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Table 4.5 - Continued
Aged 16 and over					2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
Food type and frequency	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016
	%	%	%	%	%
All adults
Eats oily fish once a week or more	25	24	26	25	32
Eats white fish once a week or more	51	50	51	48	49
Eats tuna fish once a week or more	30	30	30	28	28
Eats red meat^a 2+ times a week	61	58	56	56	57
Eats meat products^b 2+ times a week	28	25	28	28	32
Drinks skimmed / semi-skimmed milk	74	75	74	74	72
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more	28	25	29	27	28
Biscuits once a day or more	34	31	32	31	28
Cakes 2+ times a week	34	36	35	34	32
Ice-cream once a week or more	28	24	26	29	27
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more	23	26	25	27	20
Crisps once a day or more	17	15	17	21	17
Eats chips 2+ times a week	31	29	31	31	31
Eats potatoes, pasta, rice 5+ times a week	55	53	51	51	50
Eats at least 2-3 slices of high fibre bread a day	42	42	41	40	38
Eats high fibre / low sugar cereal at least 5-6 times a week	30	26	32	30	28
Bases (weighted):
Men	1086	1142	1252	999	1057
Women	1188	1242	1359	1081	1143
All adults	2274	2384	2611	2080	2200
Bases (unweighted):
Men	986	1013	1151	925	985
Women	1286	1371	1459	1155	1216
All adults	2272	2384	2610	2080	2201

a for example beef, lamb or pork
b for example sausages, meat pies, bridies, corned beef or burgers

Table 4.6 Summary of child eating habits, 2015/2016 combined
Aged 2-15	2015/2016 combined
Food type and frequency	2015/2016
	%
Boys
Eats oily fish once a week or more	16
Eats white fish once a week or more	52
Eats tuna fish once a week or more	25
Eats red meat^a 2+ times a week	56
Eats meat products^b 2+ times a week	47
Drinks skimmed / semi-skimmed milk	55
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more	51
Biscuits once a day or more	34
Cakes 2+ times a week	33
Ice-cream once a week or more	47
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more	35
Crisps once a day or more	34
Eats chips 2+ times a week	43
Eats potatoes, pasta, rice 5+ times a week	49
Eats at least 2-3 slices of high fibre bread a day	35
Eats high fibre / low sugar cereal at least 5-6 times a week	30
Girls
Eats oily fish once a week or more	17
Eats white fish once a week or more	51
Eats tuna fish once a week or more	29
Eats red meat^a 2+ times a week	58
Eats meat products^b 2+ times a week	36
Drinks skimmed / semi-skimmed milk	60
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more	51
Biscuits once a day or more	30
Cakes 2+ times a week	33
Ice-cream once a week or more	49
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more	34
Crisps once a day or more	32
Eats chips 2+ times a week	42
Eats potatoes, pasta, rice 5+ times a week	50
Eats at least 2-3 slices of high fibre bread a day	29
Eats high fibre / low sugar cereal at least 5-6 times a week	27
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Table 4.6 - Continued
Aged 2-15	2015/2016 combined
Food type and frequency	2015/2016
	%
All children
Eats oily fish once a week or more	16
Eats white fish once a week or more	51
Eats tuna fish once a week or more	27
Eats red meat^a 2+ times a week	57
Eats meat products^b 2+ times a week	42
Drinks skimmed / semi-skimmed milk	58
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more	51
Biscuits once a day or more	32
Cakes 2+ times a week	33
Ice-cream once a week or more	48
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more	35
Crisps once a day or more	33
Eats chips 2+ times a week	42
Eats potatoes, pasta, rice 5+ times a week	50
Eats at least 2-3 slices of high fibre bread a day	32
Eats high fibre / low sugar cereal at least 5-6 times a week	29
Bases (weighted):
Boys	1319
Girls	1312
All children	2631
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	1300
Girls	1292
All children	2592

a for example beef, lamb or pork
b for example sausages, meat pies, bridies, corned beef or burgers

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Table 4.5 Summary of adult eating habits, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016

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