Obesity indicators 2018

HealthyLiving Awards

Source: NHS Health Scotland

Latest Results

• In October 2018, a total of 808 catering establishments held the HealthyLiving Award (HLA) or HLA Plus award.
• Of these, 183 are first term HLA awards and 385 are renewed awards. A further 240 establishments hold the HealthyLiving Plus Award.
• There has been an increase in the number of establishments holding an award every year since 2006, except between 2012-2013.

Table 1. Number of businesses with HealthyLiving Awards

Geography available:

National

Equalities data: Not applicable

Rationale for including healthy living awards:

These data are useful to assess the take-up of HealthyLiving awards by companies. The HealthyLiving 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 HealthyLiving 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^[21] 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.