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framework originally developed to monitor progress against our Prevention of Obesity Route Map (February 2010), now superseded by the Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan and Active Scotland Delivery Plan (summer 2018).
Healthy Living Awards
Footnote [27]
NHS Health Scotland
Latest results
- In 2019, a total of 776 catering establishments held the Healthy Living Award (HLA) or HLA Plus award.
- Of these, 150 are first term HLA awards and 388 are renewed awards. A further 238 establishments hold the Healthy Living Plus Award.
- There has been a decrease of 4% in the number of establishments holding an award since 2018.
| Date | Current Awards | First Term | Renewals | Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | 6 | 6 | ||
| October 2007 | 140 | 140 | ||
| October 2008 | 374 | 374 | ||
| October 2009 | 602 | 496 | 106 | |
| October 2010 | 656 | 353 | 283 | 20 |
| October 2011 | 675 | 295 | 291 | 89 |
| October 2012 | 680 | 241 | 315 | 124 |
| October 2013 | 625 | 185 | 315 | 125 |
| October 2014 | 686 | 231 | 273 | 182 |
| October 2015 | 757 | 260 | 294 | 203 |
| October 2016 | 776 | 246 | 332 | 198 |
| October 2017 | 798 | 214 | 352 | 232 |
| October 2018 | 808 | 183 | 385 | 240 |
| October 2019 | 776 | 150 | 388 | 238 |
Geography available
Scotland level.
Equalities data
Not applicable.
Rationale for including healthy living awards
These data are useful to assess the take-up of Healthy Living awards by companies. The Healthy Living Award, introduced in 2006, recognises catering establishments for serving healthier food and finding ways of helping their customers make better food choices. The award is open to all kinds of catering places from sandwich shops to staff restaurants, and increasing the number of establishments with this award will play a part in improving diet across Scotland.
For all organisations already participating, the Healthy Living Award plus offers an opportunity to achieve step increases in the required ratio of healthy options to other options on the menus from participating caterers.
Evidence from existing literature[25] suggests a low level of evidence for the effectiveness of consumer targeted incentives but with potentially high levels of population effectiveness.
Factors influencing healthy living awards
Exposure to high energy foods.
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