Restricting multi-buy price promotions on high fat, sugar or salt discretionary foods: analysis summary - briefing

Footnotes

1. Reducing Health Harms of Foods High in Fat, Sugar or Salt: Consultation Paper (www.gov.scot)

2. http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781802017779

3. Obesity in Scotland (parliament.scot)

4. MGI_Overcoming_obesity_Full_report.ashx (mckinsey.com)

5. The percentage change in the quantity demanded as a result of a 1% increase in the price of the product (own price elasticity) or the price of another product (cross price elasticity)

6. Family stages are defined as;

• Pre-family are 16 years old to 34 years old without children (childless couples over the age of 35 years are automatically included in the empty nester);
• 'Young family' same age but with children;
• 'middle family' are 35 years old to 44 years old with children;
• 'older family' are those older than 44 years old and with children and 45+ without children is the remaining group (i.e., other dependents, empty nesters and retired).

7. Large Urban Areas - populations of 125,000 or more Other Urban Areas - populations of 10,000 to 124,999 Small Towns - populations of 3,000 to 9,999 Rural Areas - populations less than 3,000 Accessibility is measured in terms of drive times to an urban area. Accessible - Areas within a 30 minute drive time of a Settlement with a population of 10,000 or more. Remote - Areas that are more than a 30 minute drive time or areas that have a drive time between 30 and 60 minutes from a Settlement with a population of 10,000 or more. Very Remote - Areas that are more than a 60 minute drive time from a Settlement with a population of 10,000 or more

Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2016 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8. To note that definitions of discretionary foods by Food Standards Scotland and SRUC are not in full alignment.

9. Situation_report_-_the_Scottish_diet_-_it_needs_to_change_-_2018_update_FINAL.pdf (foodstandards.gov.scot)

10. Reducing Health Harms of Foods High in Fat, Sugar or Salt: Consultation Paper (www.gov.scot)