Food and You Survey, 2010

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Food and You Surveys</span> (2010-2018), and <span style="font-style: italic;">Food and You 2</span> (2020- ) are bi-annual, cross-sectional surveys of adults aged 16 years and over living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,&nbsp; commissioned by the Food Standards Agency. <span style="font-style: italic;">Food and You</span> provides data about the prevalence of different attitudes, reported behaviour and knowledge about ways in which food is purchased, stored, prepared and eaten.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Food and You, 2010-2018</span><br>From 2010, <span style="font-style: italic;">Food and You</span> became the FSA’s flagship social survey.

In addition, the FSA conducted regular tracking surveys including the bi-annual Public Attitudes Tracker and annual Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) Consumer Attitudes Tracker (these studies are not held at UKDS. From Wave 4, <span style="font-style: italic;">Food and You</span> included new questions to cover affordability of food, choice, security and sustainability.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Food and You 2, 2020-</span><br>In 2018, the FSA’s Advisory Committee for Social Science (ACSS) recommended that Food and You and the Public Attitudes Tracker were replaced with a new ‘push-to-web’ survey, <span style="font-style: italic;">Food and You 2</span>, which was commissioned in 2019 with data collection commencing in July 2020.