The six food family types

Families' attitudes to food fall into six categories, according to the government.

Here are the six, and who falls into them.

WHAT SORT OF FAMILY ARE YOU?

Family type	Attitude to food	Attitude to exercise	Weight status
Too little time -Often single parents on low income, also lacking knowledge and money	Eat convenience food, don't have time to cook, eat for comfort	Seen as costly, time-consuming, not enjoyable. Very sedentary	Mothers overweight
Inexperienced - Again often single parents on low income, a lack of knowledge and skill to implement healthy lifestyle	Children are fussy eaters and rely on convenience foods	No interest in increasing exercise levels, children seen as active	Family overweight, failure to recognise children's weight problems
Treaters - Affluent families of all ages who enjoy indulging in food	Enjoy food, heavy snackers, parents watching weight	Believe family is active, only barriers to children's activity is confidence	Family overweight, low recognition of children's weight problems
Role models -Affluent, older parents often with larger families, living a healthy lifestyle	Strong interest in healthy diet	Family active although believe children not confident doing exercise	Below average levels of obesity and weight problems
Traditionalists - Parents with strong family values, of all ages, some single, but need to change diet and exercise	Strong parental control but eat too many high-energy foods and large portions	Know they should do more but time, money and self confidence seen as barriers	Parental tendency to obesity above average, children below
Exercisers - Families on average incomes, often younger mothers, get plenty of exercise	Eating motivated by taste, diet includes healthy and unhealthy foods	Activity levels are high, particularly among mothers	Low family obesity, but children's weight levels a concern
Source: NHS Choices