One in five households have uncertain or insufficient access to food as the cost of living hits. The Food Standards Agency has carried out reseach into changes in people's eating habits.
The findings in its Food and You 2 survey, conducted between April and July 2022, shows that most people surveyed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland had made changes to their eating habits in the last year. Financial reasons were the biggest driver.
Soaring prices have become the biggest worry for households with two thirds flagging them as their biggest concern. Food waste and the amount of sugar in foods followed with four fifths of respondents to the study citing them as a concern.
