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8.7.3.1 Adults
Seven in ten men and eight in ten women in Hull felt they had a healthy diet (Table
131), and the percentage had increased between 2007 and 2009, although the
percentage reporting that they did not eat a healthy diet remained virtually the same.
The difference occurred in relation to knowledge about a healthy diet, with the
percentages stating they did not know what a healthy diet was or that they did not know
if their diet was healthy fell between 2007 and 2009.
Table 131: Percentage of Hull adults eating a healthy diet, 2007 versus 2009 by gender
Gender Survey
year
Males
Females
Number of
respondents
Percentage eating a healthy diet
Yes No Don’t know
what a healthy
diet is
Don’t know
if I have a
healthy diet
2007 1,981 69.9 20.8 2.5 6.8
2009 875 76.1 21.3 0.6 2.1
2007 2,084 79.3 15.0 1.1 4.7
2009 868 82.5 14.6 0.5 2.4
From the most recent Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007, the younger ages were less
likely to report eating a healthy diet (Table 132) and virtually all of those aged 75+ years
reported eating a healthy diet.
Table 132: Percentage of Hull adults eating a healthy diet, by age, 2009
Age
(yrs)
Number of
respondents
Percentage eating a healthy diet
Yes No Don’t know what a
healthy diet is
Don’t know if I
have a healthy
diet
18-24 265 67.5 27.9 0.8 3.8
25-44 645 75.5 21.2 0.6 2.6
45-64 520 81.3 16.3 0.4 1.9
65-74 165 91.5 7.3 0.6 0.6
75+ 147 95.9 3.4 0.0 0.7
From this survey, there were also slight differences among the Areas and Localities
(Table 133). Just under three-quarters of residents in North Carr and Riverside ate a
healthy diet compared to over 80% in Northern, Wyke and West Areas.
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