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one type of drink such as a fruit drink and a hot drink. Pupils that ate breakfast on the
way to school more frequently were more likely to eat a breakfast classified as
„unhealthy‟, but relatively few ate breakfast on the way to school most days (around 160
pupils; 5.7% ate breakfast everyday or 3-4 days on the way to school).
There was more variation for lunch, with the largest percentage having lunch bought
outside school everyday (19.1%) followed by school dinners everyday (14.3%) and
packed lunches everyday (10.5%). A further 4.8% ate lunch at home everyday, and a
further 2.2% never ate lunch. The remaining 49% of pupils ate lunch bought outside
school, school dinners, packed lunch, lunch at home and no lunch in combination for a
different number of days. For instance, 3.4% had school dinners „3-4 days per week‟
and „never‟ had packed lunch, lunch outside school or lunch at home, and a further 2.6%
of pupils has school dinners „1-2 days per week‟ and packed lunch „3-4 days per week‟
(and „never‟ for lunch bought outside school or lunch at home), and a further 2.5% of
pupils had school dinners „3-4 days per week‟ and lunch bought outside school „1-2 days
per week‟ (and „never‟ for packed lunch or lunch at home). These were the three
highest percentages with a combination of difference sources for lunch, and only
account for a further 8.5% of pupils in total. Therefore, there was a great variation in the
source of lunch over a „usual‟ school week.
Around one in twenty pupils stated that they had had nothing for lunch (or snacks during
the day). The most commonly drink was a fizzy drink (28%), followed by a fruit drink
(26%) and any other (non-milk) cold drink (22%), with around one in ten having a milk
drink and around one in twenty having a hot drink. The most frequently eaten lunch
items were cold sandwiches (40%), chocolate bars (22%), crisps (20%), chips (16%),
sweets (15%), fruit (14%), pasta (12%), biscuits (11%) and pudding or dessert (10%).
Pupils were asked to tick as many boxes that applied, and therefore, the percentages
sum to more than 100%.
8.7.7 Attitudes Towards Diet
The local 2007 Health and Lifestyle Survey and the Social Capital Surveys asked survey
responders about their perceived impact on health of eating a healthier diet. The
information is presented in section 8.3 on page 244 from the Social Capital Survey
2009, with additional information examining differences among the genders, age groups,
Localities and deprivation quintiles available in the Social Capital Survey 2009 report at
www.hullpublichealth.org.
Attitudes to diet were collected as part of Reflector Groups following the 2007 Health
and Lifestyle Survey (see section 13.2.2.2 on page 795) and the 2008-09 Young
Person Health and Lifestyle Survey (see section 13.2.2.3 on page 796). The full report
from both of these Reflector Groups as well as the full survey reports are available at
www.hullpublichealth.org. Information on opinions and attitudes to diet were also
collected within the focus groups for the Attitudes to Health project conducted during
2007 (see section 13.2.2.1 on page 794).
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