– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 21 March 2011.
Question S3W-40573
To ask the Scottish Executive what outcome measures the Food Standards Agency Scotland applies to its strategic objectives of (a) achieving an improvement in the health of the Scottish population and (b) reducing inequalities.
The Food Standards Agency in Scotland advises that it employs a number of diet and nutrition outcome measures relating to health improvement. For example:
In working to improve messaging about healthy eating, an FSA in Scotland project is being carried out by the University of Glasgow to develop a resource designed to help consumers (and health professionals) understand what eating a healthy diet over the period of a week entails. Continuing from this project FSA in Scotland will further explore the attitudes and understanding of both health professionals and consumers in relation to specific messages associated with healthy eating.
To measure the diet of the Scottish population, FSA in Scotland runs a programme of diet and nutrition surveillance designed to measure progress towards the Scottish Dietary Targets. Outputs from this programme includes, where possible, breakdown by deprivation using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.
To track progress made by the food industry to lower salt, fats and sugars in products, FSA in Scotland are currently working with Scottish Government to explore the analysis of market research data relating to retail food and drink purchases.
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