In countries with wide income differentials, food insecurity leads to substantial changes in everyday food practices and to poor dietary and mental health. Less is known about consequences of food budget pressure in affluent populations and in social-democratic welfare societies with narrower income differentials. This paper describes relations between pressure on household food budgets and demographic factors in Denmark. It asks how budgetary constraint relates to life satisfaction and dietary health and how these relationships are affected when people adapt their food practices to manage pressure on budgets. Data from a representative 2015 survey of Danish households are employed. Levels of food budget pressure vary with income and household composition and are negatively associated with life satisfaction and dietary health. We find a sequence of food practice adaptations where changes in food quality and hospitality, and seeking external help were being made when adjustments to food provisioning and kitchen practices were proving to be insufficient. We conclude that in affluent social-democratic welfare societies pressure on food budgets also has negative impacts on life satisfaction and health. Food budget pressure should be monitored in the future and addressed in public health policy.

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适应丹麦家庭食品预算的财政压力：与生活满意度和饮食健康的关联

在收入差距很大的国家，粮食不安全导致日常饮食习惯发生重大变化，并导致饮食和心理健康状况不佳。人们对粮食预算压力对富裕人群和收入差距较小的社会民主福利社会的后果知之甚少。本文描述了丹麦家庭食品预算压力与人口因素之间的关系。它询问预算约束如何与生活满意度和饮食健康相关，以及当人们调整饮食习惯以管理预算压力时，这些关系如何受到影响。使用了来自 2015 年丹麦家庭代表性调查的数据。食品预算压力水平随收入和家庭构成而变化，并且与生活满意度和饮食健康呈负相关。我们发现了一系列食品实践调整，其中食品质量和款待发生变化，并在食品供应和厨房实践的调整被证明不足时寻求外部帮助。我们得出的结论是，在富裕的社会民主福利社会中，食品预算的压力也会对生活满意度和健康产生负面影响。未来应监测粮食预算压力，并在公共卫生政策中加以解决。