Recent discussions and studies have highlighted the issue of unhealthy food outlets being more prevalent in deprived areas of the UK. A study conducted by researchers Yuru Huang, Jean Adams, and the MRC Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge University, which involved examining menus from approximately 55,000 food outlets on the Just Eat platform using AI, found that these outlets are clustered in more deprived areas and tend to offer less healthy food options. This situation creates a double burden on health, particularly affecting children who are exposed to junk food advertising and have easy access to unhealthy food from the moment school gates open. The findings were discussed at a Food Active event, emphasizing the need for a change in the environment surrounding food and questioning whether planning can help address public health issues.
If the prevailing narrative is that dieting is a sign of a dangerous mental health problem, overweight British children will never be encouraged to lose weight. Kate Adams: 👇https://t.co/3tCokJrhf7
Researchers @Cambridge_Uni examined menus from ~55,000 food outlets on Just Eat & found food outlets clustered in more deprived areas, and that they were less healthy - creating a double burden on health. Great innovative research from @YuruHuangg et al https://t.co/rdXKgTgZgP
Unhealthiest UK restaurants and takeaways ‘more likely to be found in deprived areas’ https://t.co/INgGdrE36v
Which areas of the UK have the least healthy menus? @YuruHuangg @jeanmadams @MRC_Epid used #AI to predict the healthiness of restaurant and takeaway menus. Areas of high deprivation face a double burden, with more food outlets and less healthy menus. https://t.co/SAEgCbU8mU
Unhealthiest UK restaurants and takeaways ‘more likely to be found in deprived areas’. This was something we were discussing yesterday at a @food_active event. Can planning help address and even benefit public health? https://t.co/qvcmOPqIXo
When we say, “we need to change the environment around food”, this (👇) is what we’re talking about. Kids bombarded by advertising and schools under siege from junk food from the moment the gates open. The answer isn’t expensive resource-wasting and low-success-rate “NHS child… https://t.co/8q296rd7LQ