The cost of buying healthier, low-calorie foods such as fruits and vegetables in the US is rising at an “unacceptable” rate, according to a University of Washington study.
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Price points for such foods have spiked by nearly 20% in two years putting a healthier diet out of reach for many Americans, the study claimed.
Food prices that were surveyed by university researchers from 2004 to 2006 also showed that prices for calorie-laden foods high in sugar and fat remained the same or even fell.
The general rate of food price inflation was 5% during that period.
Dr Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington, said: “We are an overfed but undernourished nation. That the cost of healthful foods is outpacing inflation is a major problem.”
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