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The claim was that healthy diets are not expensive, when in reality they are. The fact that unhealthy diets are unhealthy is not in dispute.
by krageon 5y ago
The claim was that healthy diets are not expensive, when in reality they are. The fact that unhealthy diets are unhealthy is not in dispute.
- nix23 5y ago>>On average, the healthier diet costs 69% more, but this estimate is greatly affected by food choices. For a family whose household income is exceeded by one-third of the population, this increased expenditure represents about 30% of total household income. This could be decreased to about 10% to 15% if a healthy diet is carefully designed. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47790404_The_cost_of_a_healthy_diet_A_South_African_perspective https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47790404_The_cost_o...
- krageon 5y ago"For a family whose household income is exceeded by one-third of the population", in other words "rich". Yes, it's only 30% household income in extra spending! And perhaps with a lot of effort it can be lowered to 10-15% extra spending. This is a lot, especially when you don't have such an enormous amount of leeway in money that you can just move somewhere else.