title: An exploration and comparison of food and drink availability in homes in a sample of families of White and Pakistani origin within the UK.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Knowledge of the types and quantities of foods and drinks available in family homes supports the development of targeted intervention programmes for obesity prevention or management, or for overall diet improvement. In the UK, contemporary data on foods that are available within family homes are lacking. The present study aimed to explore home food and drink availability in UK homes.
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory study using researcher-conducted home food availability inventories, measuring all foods and drinks within the categories of fruits, vegetables, snack foods and beverages.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bradford, a town in the north of the UK.
  
  
  METHODS
  Opportunistic sample of mixed ethnicity families with infants approximately 18 months old from the Born in Bradford birth cohort.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All homes had at least one type of fruit, vegetable and snack available. Fresh fruits commonly available were oranges, bananas, apples, satsumas and grapes. Commonly available fresh vegetables included potatoes, cucumber, tomatoes and carrots. The single greatest non-fresh fruit available in homes was raisins. Non-fresh vegetables contributing the most were frozen mixed vegetables, tinned tomatoes and tinned peas. Ethnic differences were found for the availability of fresh fruits and sugar-sweetened beverages, which were both found in higher amounts in Pakistani homes compared with White homes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data contribute to international data on availability and provide an insight into food availability within family homes in the UK. They have also supported a needs assessment of the development of a culturally specific obesity prevention intervention in which fruits and vegetables and sugar-sweetened beverages are targeted.
authors.affiliation: 1Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research,University of Leeds,Leeds LS2 9JT,UK.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.affiliation: 3Nutrition and Dietetics,Leeds Metropolitan University,Leeds,UK.
authors.forename: Pinki
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sahota
authors.affiliation: 2Institute of Health Research,Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,Bradford,UK.
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santorelli
authors.affiliation: 4Leeds Institute of Health Sciences,University of Leeds,Leeds,UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005192:Family Health / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000208:ethnology; D057141:Food, Preserved / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D005638:Fruit / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics; D000067030:Fruit and Vegetable Juices / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000208:ethnology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D062410:Snacks / Q000208:ethnology; D006113:United Kingdom; D014675:Vegetables / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose
keywords: Pantry