HC Deb 20 April 2004 vol 420 c423W
Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the(a) median, (b) highest and (c) lowest consumption of eggs per person in the UK was amongst (i) infants, (ii) children, (iii) young adults and (iv) adults, according to the findings of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey. [162173]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Information on the consumption of eggs is published in:

  • the National Diet and Nutrition Survey: adults aged 19 to 64 years (volume 1-types and quantities of food consumed) 2002).
  • the National Diet and Nutrition Survey: young people aged 4 to 18 years (volume 1-report of the diet and nutrition survey) (2000).
  • the National Diet and Nutrition Survey: children aged 1½ to 4½ years (volume 1-report of the diet and nutrition survey) (1995).
Copies of the reports are available in the Library.