Abstract
Overview
Introduction
Consumers have a heightened level of health awareness and say they are taking
active steps to control their health, yet obesity and its implications seem
unstoppable. Important shifts in lifestyle, nutrition and cultures are
creating challenging market dynamics with manufacturers' core product offers
being squeezed and having to find new strategies for growth.
Scope
- Comprehensive data on adult and child obesity and overweight prevalence by
country. Data on exercise patterns and diet market sizes by category
- Quantitative data from Datamonitor' s proprietary consumer surveys
highlighting the attitudes and behaviors of consumers
- Insights into changing attitudes and behaviors of consumers with important
implications for industry
- Detailed action points offering practical strategies and examples of
recently-launched innovative products
Report Highlights
Increased consumption of beverages is contributing to increased calorie
intake. In the US in 1965 beverages accounted for just 12 percent of daily
energy intake but by 2002, this number had jumped to 21 percent. This increase
in consumption is not being offset by a reduction in calories from food.
Across the whole Asia Pacific region, over two thirds of consumers were trying
to lose weight even though only half considered themselves overweight. In
South Korea, which has the lowest levels of obesity, 90 percent were trying to
lose weight. In Asia, consumers are more likely to control weight through diet
than exercise.
"Obesogenic" environments are contributing to the growth of obesity. Among the
key causes are the imbalance between calories consumed and energy used. This
imbalance is pronounced by social and cultural factors including the
heightened need for convenience and pressure on time.
Reasons to Purchase
- Understand regional and national differences through qualitative and
quantitative market data and compare growth forecasts to plan for the future
- Gain insight into the consumer preferences and changing behaviors that
will affect the strategic direction of manufacturers and retailers
- Explore in-depth analysis of new products and action points that highlight
existing best practice in NPD, communications and positioning strategies
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Executive Summary
- Hot topic
- The Future Decoded
- Obesity remains the key health issue to address
- The increasing prevalence of obesity is no longer confined to high
income countries or households
- "Obesogenic" environments are contributing to the growth of obesity
- More sedentary lifestyles are creating imbalances between energy
intake and expenditure
- Genes are contributing to the growth of obesity and overweight
prevalence
- Changes in culture and societies are reflected in changing patterns of
food consumption
- Consumers are increasingly taking responsibility for their own health
- Consumers are not willing to give up taste for health
- Regulation and government efforts to control the rise of obesity have
had limited success to date
- Action Points
- Table of Contents
- Table of figures
- Table of tables
- THE FUTURE DECODED
- A contradiction - the rise of obesity and consumer demand for healthy
products
- TREND: Obesity remains the key health issue to address
- How do we define obesity?
- The longevity and widespread implications of obesity are very
concerning
- Healthcare costs are also set to spiral
- TREND: The increasing prevalence of obesity is not confined to high
income countries or households
- There is a lack of consistent, trended and directly comparable data,
despite the high profile of the issue
- Over half the population across Western Europe, the US and Asia
Pacific are overweight or obese
- Obesity is not only associated with just high income countries or
households
- Overweight and obesity prevalence in children is increasing worldwide
- TREND: "Obesogenic" environments are contributing to the growth of
obesity
- More sedentary lifestyles are creating imbalances between energy
intake and expenditure
- Calorie intake has increased globally
- There has been an increase in daily calorie intake and increased
consumption of calorie dense foods
- Increased consumption of beverages is contributing to increased
calorie intake
- Seventy percent of Australians are sedentary or have low exercise
levels
- Southern Europe has the lowest frequency and intensity of exercise
of the countries compared
- Genes are contributing to the growth of obesity and prevalence of
overweight consumers
- Changes in culture and societies are reflected in changing patterns of
food consumption
- Changing food consumption habits are encouraging the obesity trend
- INSIGHT: Consumers are increasingly taking responsibility for their own
health
- Consumers are trying to control their weight through dieting regimes
- The notion of an ideal body shape is encouraging people to go on
weight-loss diets
- In Asia Pacific, consumers are more likely to cut out fats from
their diet
- European consumers equate a healthy diet to one incorporating more
fruit and vegetables
- The five a day message is getting through
- INSIGHT: Consumers are not willing to give up taste for health
- Growth rates of diet alternatives are projected to grow faster than
regular variants in Europe
- Health claims are behind the fastest growing brands in the UK
- The growth of indulgent products highlights the importance of taste
- Health comes second to taste when selecting products for snacks
- Consumer concern for health is creating shifts within product
categories
- Consumers are moving to adjacent categories that they perceive to be
healthier
- Obesity and overweight prevalence continue to rise despite consumer
awareness and manufacturer response
- INSIGHT: Regulation and government efforts to control the rise of
obesity have had limited success to date
- The current bans on advertising to children are ineffective
- Banning vending machines in schools may not be the whole solution
- Nutritional labeling is inconsistent across the globe and consumers
check labels for different elements
- Fat taxes have obtained limited support but could change market
dynamics if introduced
- ACTION POINTS
- ACTION: Add healthy products to your range to minimize the risk exposure
to obesity
- Reducing fat, salt and sugar content on existing products can help
rejuvenate growth in core businesses
- Position food and drink offers as nutritionally beneficial
- Develop products that can address multiple health concerns to really
achieve differentiation
- ACTION: Improve your existing portfolio by using portion control and
labeling to help consumers make healthy choices
- Consumers are dissatisfied with the lack of healthy options and with
the level of nutritional information provided by restaurants
- 100 calorie initiatives are proving highly successful in some parts of
the world
- Use labeling as a means to signpost healthy or better nutritional
choices for consumers
- ACTION: Consider the opportunities that the regulations and revised
guidelines provide
- ACTION: Take advantage of growth in indulgent categories, but consider
the social responsibility implications
- Encouraging people to exercise or earn their indulgent moment could
improve social responsibility scores
- ACTION: Taste and price must be important elements of the product mix
alongside health benefits
- Consumer concern for their own health does not come at the cost of
price, quality or convenience
- APPENDIX
- Definitions
- Methodology
- References
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Number of overweight and obese adults (15+ years old) by
country (millions), 2002-2012
- Table 2: Percentage of overweight and obese adults (15+ years old) by
country (% adult population), 2002-2012
- Table 3: Number of overweight and obese children (0 to 14 years old)
by country (millions), 2002-2012
- Table 4: Percentage of overweight and obese children (0 to 14 years
old) by country (% child population), 2002-2012
- Table 5: On-the-move food and drink market value in Europe and the US
(US$m), 2000-2010
- Table 6: Changes made to food and drink consumption by EU consumers in
2005 (% respondents)
- Table 7: European consumer attitudes to dietary changes (%
respondents) , overall results, 20007
- Table 8: European diet market as a percentage of segment, (% value)
2002-2012
- Table 9: Selected categories, total market size Europe (US$m),
2002-2012
- Table 10: Top 10 brands in 2005 and 2007, UK
- Table 11: Turnover of the six largest companies most at risk from the
obesity crisis
- Table 12: Definitions
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Comparison of the prevalence of overweight (BMI 25 to
<30) and obese (BMI 30+) males and females across selected countries
- Figure 2: Per capita daily calorie consumption in selected regions of
the world, 1975-1995
- Figure 3: Levels of physical activity in the US, 2005
- Figure 4: Frequency of physical activity by country, 2005
- Figure 5: Duration of physical activity by country, 2005
- Figure 6: Active steps taken to eat healthily, by country, 2007
- Figure 7: Attitudes to importance of reducing saturated fat intake
across Europe and the US in 2007
- Figure 8: Attitudes to importance of controlling calorie intake across
Europe and the US in 2007
- Figure 9: Attitudes to importance of reducing sugar intake across
Europe and the US in 2007
- Figure 10: Diet alternatives are growing across key food and beverage
segments in Europe
- Figure 11: NPD in the bread category have led to fast growth for UK
bakers Hovis, Warburton and Kingsmill
- Figure 12: Survey of Americans and Europeans shows that health
influences the consideration of snack choice in around 50% of respondents
- Figure 13: Percentage of consumers indulging in higher quality, more
indulgent snacks in the evening
- Figure 14: EU citizens believe parents and guardians have the most
influence over what children eat
- Figure 15: Using sunseed oil has helped Walkers rejuvenate sales in
its core product lines
- Figure 16: Mars Inc. has reformulated its core products by removing
trans fats
- Figure 17: Including nutritionally beneficial ingredients is becoming
increasingly popular
- Figure 18: Nutritionally beneficial products targeted at women' s
health could be replicated across many product categories
- Figure 19: 100 calorie packs are increasing in popularity in the US
and Canada
- Figure 20: 100 calorie packs are evident across a range of categories
from rice and desserts to snacks
- Figure 21: The FSA Traffic Light Labeling System is intended to
provide "at a glance" information on nutritional content of a product
- Figure 22: The GDA system allows consumers to make personal choices
based on their own needs
- Figure 23: Signposting nutritionally beneficial products allows
consumers to make like for like comparisons
- Figure 24: Products positioned as indulgent are enjoying growth across
categories and geographies
- Figure 25: Innocent enjoyed their meteoric rise through offering
products that are tasty, healthy and convenient