Parents with a total of 1,332 children aged from 1-17 years old
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Responses were collected via snowball sampling and data therefore not
demographically representative.
The source did not provide figures for children consuming more sugary drinks, fast food, or ready made meal categories.
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Foods which children were eating more of during lockdown UK 2020
Over ** percent of surveyed parents in the UK claimed that their children were eating more home-cooked meals during the lockdown period caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Children were also eating more snacks during lockdown, with ** percent eating more cakes and biscuits and ** percent consuming more savory snacks.
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