The findings appear to contradict assumptions that the poor cannot afford healthier foods or are too far away from shops that sell them.

The Low Income Nutrition and Diet Survey showed that like the rest of the population, the poor's daily fruit and vegetable intake on average is below the recommended five portions. Fewer than 10 per cent of respondents hit this target, while around 20 per cent ate less than a portion per day.

More than three quarters (76 per cent) of men and 81 per cent of women did less than one 30-minute session of moderate or vigorous exercise per week.

Some 45 per cent of men and 40 per cent of women were smokers.

This compares with 28 per cent of men and 24 per cent of women in the general population.

双语资讯

(Daily Mail)

多年来，专家们一直认为，贫困家庭摄入的营养食物比其他人群要少。

而英国一项对最低收入人群的调查表明，这些人所摄入食物的营养价值与其他人群没有太大区别。

实际上，所有人的饮食习惯都存在同样的缺陷。调查结果表明，“穷人式”的饮食选择所涉及的人群比之前预计的要广泛得多，影响着很多较为富裕的家庭。

这种饮食所摄入的水果和蔬菜较少、油性鱼的摄入量不足、饱和脂肪和糖分的摄入量过多。

城市大学食品政策教授Tim Lang说：“这是一项十分有意义的大规模调查。调查表明，我们的饮食习惯都很不合理。”

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