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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report

Published
22 September 2015
Topic
Health and social care
ISBN
9781785446870

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2014, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 4.9 Consumption of foods and drinks high in fat and / or sugar, 2012/2014 combined, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over 2012/2014 combined
Food type and frequency Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
% % % % % % % %
Men
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more 36 31 28 27 21 20 33 28
Biscuits once a day or more 27 19 27 37 35 46 60 34
Cakes 2+ times a week 35 26 37 34 39 40 52 36
Ice-cream once a week or more 31 22 25 30 30 39 40 30
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more 50 36 34 26 18 16 16 29
Any sugary drink or snack once a day or morea 89 71 78 73 76 76 83 77
Crisps once a day or more 35 28 22 19 10 12 7 20
Chips 2+ times a week 54 41 35 36 26 33 28 37
Women
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more 27 29 27 28 24 24 36 28
Biscuits once a day or more 14 21 20 28 36 41 59 30
Cakes 2+ times a week 22 26 24 30 40 42 52 33
Ice-cream once a week or more 24 20 18 22 31 31 37 25
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more 32 28 28 19 17 16 18 23
Any sugary drink or snack once a day or morea 75 74 67 66 71 74 85 72
Crisps once a day or more 22 23 24 20 12 9 6 17
Chips 2+ times a week 36 29 28 25 18 23 19 25
All adults
Sweets or chocolates once a day or more 32 30 28 28 23 22 35 28
Biscuits once a day or more 21 20 23 33 35 43 59 32
Cakes 2+ times a week 29 26 30 32 40 41 52 34
Ice-cream once a week or more 27 21 21 26 31 35 38 27
Non-diet soft drinks once a day or more 41 32 31 22 18 16 17 26
Any sugary drink or snack once a day or morea 82 73 72 69 73 75 84 75
Crisps once a day or more 29 25 23 19 11 10 6 19
Chips 2+ times a week 45 35 31 30 22 28 23 31
Bases (weighted):
Men 322 360 360 420 350 266 175 2253
Women 316 377 382 444 368 296 255 2438
All adults 638 738 742 865 718 561 429 4691
Bases (unweighted):
Men 168 225 317 378 382 377 229 2076
Women 224 312 431 484 434 399 330 2614
All adults 392 537 748 862 816 776 559 4690

a Sugary snacks include sweets or chocolates, biscuits, cakes, ice cream and non-diet soft drinks

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