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Eating well is increasingly become the preserve of the rich, according to a study showing that the price gap between healthy and unhealthy foods is widening.
Products officially designated as healthy by the Government now cost an average of three times more than less healthy alternatives, said the researchers, who tracked the prices of 94 key food and drink items between 2002 and 2012.
Healthier food such as fruit and vegetables was found to be consistently more expensive than those high in fat and sugar, such as frozen pizza. They have also risen more sharply in price over the 10-year period.
In 2002, 1,000kcal of healthy food cost an average of £5.65, while shoppers buying less healthy alternatives could spend just £1.77 to gain the same amount of calories. By 2012 these figures had changed to £7.49 and £2.50 respectively.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...imes-as-much-as-junk-study-shows-9782839.html
Shows the pointlessness of squeezing the income of the working-age poor - if they can't afford to eat well they will cost the state more in healthcare costs.
Products officially designated as healthy by the Government now cost an average of three times more than less healthy alternatives, said the researchers, who tracked the prices of 94 key food and drink items between 2002 and 2012.
Healthier food such as fruit and vegetables was found to be consistently more expensive than those high in fat and sugar, such as frozen pizza. They have also risen more sharply in price over the 10-year period.
In 2002, 1,000kcal of healthy food cost an average of £5.65, while shoppers buying less healthy alternatives could spend just £1.77 to gain the same amount of calories. By 2012 these figures had changed to £7.49 and £2.50 respectively.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...imes-as-much-as-junk-study-shows-9782839.html
Shows the pointlessness of squeezing the income of the working-age poor - if they can't afford to eat well they will cost the state more in healthcare costs.