15 3 household consumption and expenditure by main food groups this section presents recent trends in of brought into the home for households united kingdom is based upon assumes no waste weight measured as it enters not at point milk cream cheese including yoghurts dairy desserts estimated to have been 6 2 per cent lower 2001 02 than previous year liquid whole 0 down continuing its steady decline now 17 1996 97 fully skimmed milks fallen 4 semi other 10 however changes underlying data collection mean that change between 2000 01 less reliable years could be exaggerated nevertheless represents a marked reduction