Food Matters: Reducing food inequalities in secondary aged young people 2024 - 2025
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Description
It is increasingly difficult for people on a lower income to afford to eat a healthy diet. Demand for support from food banks and community food providers is growing, and providing healthy, fresh food can be challenging - due to the cost, shelf-life and storage requirements. Individuals and families in some forms of temporary accommodation or struggling with utilities bills may not have access to the means to store, prepare and cook fresh produce. This will negatively affect health outcomes and increase health inequalities, e.g. stunted growth, excess weight, worse oral health. Around 4 in 10 adults still report having to spend more than usual on their food shopping and the number of people fed by Bedford Foodbank has trebled in the last 5 years. Among children and young people obesity prevalence is significantly higher in children living in the most deprived areas and obesity is more common among children of Black and Asian ethnicity (Source: NCMP, 5 years of data combined (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2021-22). As part of the wider work to utilise the health inequalities funding, two objectives have been identified: Objective 1: Work…
Official publications
| Medium | Reference | Date |
|---|---|---|
| FTS | ef32a157-d282-441e-adc5-072d2f0bdf9b-805240 | 25 November 2024 |
| Contracts Finder | ef32a157-d282-441e-adc5-072d2f0bdf9b-805240 | 25 November 2024 |
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- The submission deadline is 13 December 2024, 18:00. Check the official source, as dates can be modified.
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- The contracting authority is Bedford Borough Council (United Kingdom).
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