What’s on your plate? Uncovering intersectional inequalities in healthy eating choices
Large inequalities in healthy eating behaviors persist worldwide. Most research examines how demographic factors influence healthy eating in isolation and do not address multiple intersecting layers of (dis)advantages. However, the experience of multiple disadvantages likely contributes to an individual’s (un)healthy food choices. Using an intersectional approach, this study examines cross-sectional inequalities in healthy eating behavior based on SEP, sexual orientation, living in deprived areas, age, gender, and race/ethnicity in the United Kingdom using data from a UK household study. Next, this study utilizes an experimental approach to determine how prices of healthy food choices in a restaurant impact meal choice for all intersections. We aim to uncover structural inequalities and identify populations at risk of marginalisation.
Team
- Supervisor: Sanne Verra
- Communications Officer: Naomi Daniel
- Writing Lead: Armelle Müller
- Lead Analyst: Neža Grilc
- Lead Analyst: Patricia Stehl
- Project Leader: Nina Vyvcharuk