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Table 141: 5-A-DAY in young people in England, 2007
Gender 5-A-DAY by age for England 2007 (%)
11 12 13 14 15
Males 18.9 19.4 23.3 18.2 19.2
Females 24.5 20.6 21.1 21.3 20.7
More information on diet, number of portions of fruit and vegetable consumed the
previous day (including 5-A-DAY) is given in the full report on the Young Person Health
and Lifestyle Survey. A separate short report specifically examines diet for these young
people. Both of these reports are available at www.hullpublichealth.org.
8.7.6 Breakfast and Lunch Food Items Eaten by Young People
Within the survey, pupils were asked in more detail about their diet, and a separate short
report is available at www.hullpublichealth.org. Pupils were asked how frequently they
ate breakfast on a school day before coming to school, on the way to school and at
school, and how frequently they ate school dinners, a packed lunch, lunch brought
outside school and lunch at home.
Pupils were also asked what they ate and drank for breakfast (that morning) and for
lunch (the last time they were at school) 43 . Pupils were asked to tick from a list of food
items each food item they had eaten. They were also provided with an „other – please
specify‟ option for additional items not listed. As noted earlier, it is relatively difficult to
assess if diets or food items are healthy or not without detailed food diaries which
specify the exact food item (manufacturer, brand, quantity, etc). For example in the
case of breakfast, cereals with too much sugar or salt are unhealthy, or spreads used on
bread and toasts could be unhealthy whereas some cooked breakfasts could be healthy.
Within the short diet report, an attempt was made to classify food items as „healthy‟ or
„unhealthy‟. From this report, it appears that where pupils bought and/or ate their lunch
was predictive or influential of the healthiness of their diet.
The report also contains a map detailing all takeaway establishments and schools within
Hull, and the frequency with which pupils ate school dinners, packed lunches, lunch
outside school and lunch at home for each school separately.
The majority ate breakfast every day before coming to school (52%), but 12% never ate
breakfast before coming to school, on the way to school or at school. The largest
percentage had had cereal or porridge oats (39%) and/or bread or toast (24%) for
breakfast the morning they completed the questionnaire. One in five (20%) had had a
hot drink, 11% a milk drink, 14% a fruit drink (juice or smoothie), 9% had had another
type of cold drink such as squash or water, and 5% had had a fizzy drink. Pupils were
asked to tick all food items in the list, so it is possible that some pupils had more than
43 Pupils were also asked what they ate and drank for their evening meal (the previous evening) but the
information was not included within the report.
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