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Diet and healthy weight: monitoring report 2020
Latest results against the obesity indicator framework originally developed to monitor progress against our Prevention of Obesity Route Map (February 2010), now superseded by the Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan and Active Scotland Delivery Plan (summer 2018).
Retail purchase of soft drinks with added sugar
Food Standards Scotland
Latest results[22], [23]
- Since 2014, the volume of ambient and chilled regular take-home soft drinks purchased by Scottish households reduced by 13% from 289 to 251 million litres in 2019[24].
- Since 2014, the volume of ambient and chilled diet take-home soft drinks purchased by Scottish households increased by 18% from 228 to 269 million litres in 2019.
- The calorie contribution of carbonated drinks (ambient and chilled) reduced from 58 kilocalories per person per day in 2015 to 43 kilocalories in 2019.
Source
Food Standards Scotland commissioned data from Kantar.
Geography available
Scotland level.
Equalities data
Not applicable.
Rationale for including retail purchase of soft drinks with added sugar
These data are useful to monitor the volume of retail purchase of soft drinks with added sugar in supermarkets in Scotland. There is evidence of an association between sugar-sweetened soft drinks and prevalence of obesity and interventions in this area have been shown to be effective.
Factors influencing retail purchase of soft drinks with added sugar
Availability and affordability of healthy choices.
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