Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published the latest results from the biannual ‘Food in Scotland’ Consumer Tracking Survey, which shows that the number of people concerned about having a healthy diet is increasing.
65% of people in Scotland are concerned about having an unhealthy diet – a rise of 15 percentage points since December 2015 when Food Standards Scotland began measuring knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards food in Scotland.
The survey also indicates that people in Scotland perceive one of the biggest barriers to eating healthily to be price, with 77% concerned about food prices generally and around half of the public (47%) believe it’s too expensive to eat healthily.
In addition, over three-quarters of the population in Scotland are in favour of government intervention to limit how much sugar, fat or salt goes into our food.