**5. Conclusions**

Our findings sugges<sup>t</sup> that those most exposed to away from home food establishments had a greater odds of allocating a high proportion of household food spend on away from home food sources. This study provides one of the first analyses at the national level to examine the role of the local food environment in relation to household food spend, a potential precursor to diet quality and health. Further research is required to better understand how and why different populations interact with their local food environment over time to inform the most effective policies to support healthy food choice while eating away from the home, diet and health.

**Supplementary Materials:** The following are available online at http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2821/ s1, Figure S1: Sample strategy for UKHLS, Figure S2: Analytic sample flow diagram, Figure S3: Food outlet classification and away from home food outlet groups for England, UK.

**Author Contributions:** T.L.P. designed the study with guidance from P.M., T.L.P. and T.B. prepared the data, T.L.P. conduced the data analysis and drafted the manuscript. All authors contributed to the interpretation of results and critically reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

**Funding:** The work was undertaken by the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. Funding from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research and the Wellcome Trust, under the auspices of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, is gratefully acknowledged. T.L.P. additionally received support from the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. P.M. also received support from the Health Equity Research Center at Washington State University.

**Acknowledgments:** Understanding Society is an initiative funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and various Government Departments, with scientific leadership by the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex and survey delivery by NatCen Social Research and Kantar Public. The research data are distributed by the UK Data Service.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
