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Over the course of a year, a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts would increase food costs for one person by about $550 per year, according to new research from Harvard School of Public Health. "This would represent a real burden for some families," said Professor Dariush Mozaffarian. "On the other hand, this price difference is very small in comparison to the economic costs of diet-related chronic diseases, which would be dramatically reduced by healthy diets.\u201d<\/p>

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The healthiest diets cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones, according to new research from Harvard School of Public Health<\/a> (HSPH). The finding is based on the most comprehensive examination to date comparing the prices of healthy foods and diet patterns to less healthy ones.<\/p>\n

The study will be published online today in BMJ<\/a> (British Medical Journal) Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople often say that healthier foods are more expensive, and that such costs strongly limit better diet habits,\u201d said lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology<\/a> at HSPH. \u201cBut, until now, the scientific evidence for this idea has not been systematically evaluated, nor have the actual differences in cost been characterized.\u201d<\/p>\n

The HSPH researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 27 existing studies from 10 high-income countries that included price data for individual foods and for healthier vs. less healthy diets. They evaluated the differences in prices per serving and per 200 calories for particular types of foods, and prices per day and per 2,000 calories (the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s<\/a> recommended average daily calorie intake for adults) for overall diet patterns. Prices were assessed per serving as well as per calorie because prices can vary depending on the unit of comparison.<\/p>\n

The researchers found that healthier diet patterns \u2014 for example, diets rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts \u2014 cost significantly more than unhealthy diets (for example, those rich in processed foods, meats, and refined grains). On average, a day\u2019s worth of the healthiest diet patterns cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones.<\/p>\n

The researchers suggested that unhealthy diets may cost less because food policies have focused on the production of \u201cinexpensive, high volume\u201d commodities, which has led to \u201ca complex network of farming, storage, transportation, processing, manufacturing, and marketing capabilities that favor sales of highly processed food products for maximal industry profit.\u201d Given this reality, they said that creating a similar infrastructure to support production of healthier foods might help increase the availability \u2014 and reduce the prices \u2014 of more healthful diets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis research provides the most complete picture to date on true cost differences of healthy diets,\u201d said Dariush Mozaffarian, the study\u2019s senior author and an associate professor at HSPH and Harvard Medical School<\/a>. \u201cWhile healthier diets did cost more, the difference was smaller than many people might have expected. Over the course of a year, $1.50\/day more for eating a healthy diet would increase food costs for one person by about $550 per year. This would represent a real burden for some families, and we need policies to help offset these costs. On the other hand, this price difference is very small in comparison to the economic costs of diet-related chronic diseases, which would be dramatically reduced by healthy diets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other HSPH authors included research fellows Ashkan Afshin (Department of Epidemiology) and Gitanjali Singh (Department of Nutrition<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Funding for the study came from a Genes and the Environment Initiative grant from HSPH; a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute cardiovascular epidemiology training grant in behavior, the environment, and global health; and a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases training grant in academic nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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"On the other hand, this price difference is very small in comparison to the economic costs of diet-related chronic diseases, which would be dramatically reduced by healthy diets.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"],"rendered":"<header\n\tclass=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-article-header alignfull article-header is-style-full-width-text-below centered-image\"\n\tstyle=\" \"\n>\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"403\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/supermarkt.jpg\" width=\"605\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p class=\"wp-element-caption--caption\">Over the course of a year, a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts would increase food costs for one person by about $550 per year, according to new research from Harvard School of Public Health. "This would represent a real burden for some families," said Professor Dariush Mozaffarian. "On the other hand, this price difference is very small in comparison to the economic costs of diet-related chronic diseases, which would be dramatically reduced by healthy diets.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/health\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tHealth\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tPinpointing the higher cost of a healthy diet\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author wp-block-post-author__name\">\n\t\tKaren Feldscher\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">\n\t\t\tHarvard School of Public Health Communications\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2013-12-05\">\n\t\t\tDecember 5, 2013\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t4 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tHSPH study finds it takes $1.50 more per day to eat a nutritious diet rather than an unhealthy one\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n"},"2":{"blockName":"core\/group","attrs":{"templateLock":false,"metadata":{"name":"Article content"},"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"constrained","justifyContent":"center"},"tagName":"div","lock":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","ariaLabel":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/freeform","attrs":{"content":"","lock":[],"metadata":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n\t\t<p>The healthiest diets cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones, according to new research from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard School of Public Health<\/a> (HSPH). The finding is based on the most comprehensive examination to date comparing the prices of healthy foods and diet patterns to less healthy ones.<\/p>\n<p>The study will be published online today in <a href=\"http:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/\">BMJ<\/a> (British Medical Journal) Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople often say that healthier foods are more expensive, and that such costs strongly limit better diet habits,\u201d said lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/epidemiology\/\">Department of Epidemiology<\/a> at HSPH. \u201cBut, until now, the scientific evidence for this idea has not been systematically evaluated, nor have the actual differences in cost been characterized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The HSPH researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 27 existing studies from 10 high-income countries that included price data for individual foods and for healthier vs. less healthy diets. They evaluated the differences in prices per serving and per 200 calories for particular types of foods, and prices per day and per 2,000 calories (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/usda\/usdahome\">U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s<\/a> recommended average daily calorie intake for adults) for overall diet patterns. Prices were assessed per serving as well as per calorie because prices can vary depending on the unit of comparison.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that healthier diet patterns \u2014 for example, diets rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts \u2014 cost significantly more than unhealthy diets (for example, those rich in processed foods, meats, and refined grains). On average, a day\u2019s worth of the healthiest diet patterns cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers suggested that unhealthy diets may cost less because food policies have focused on the production of \u201cinexpensive, high volume\u201d commodities, which has led to \u201ca complex network of farming, storage, transportation, processing, manufacturing, and marketing capabilities that favor sales of highly processed food products for maximal industry profit.\u201d Given this reality, they said that creating a similar infrastructure to support production of healthier foods might help increase the availability \u2014 and reduce the prices \u2014 of more healthful diets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis research provides the most complete picture to date on true cost differences of healthy diets,\u201d said Dariush Mozaffarian, the study\u2019s senior author and an associate professor at HSPH and <a href=\"http:\/\/hms.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard Medical School<\/a>. \u201cWhile healthier diets did cost more, the difference was smaller than many people might have expected. Over the course of a year, $1.50\/day more for eating a healthy diet would increase food costs for one person by about $550 per year. This would represent a real burden for some families, and we need policies to help offset these costs. On the other hand, this price difference is very small in comparison to the economic costs of diet-related chronic diseases, which would be dramatically reduced by healthy diets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other HSPH authors included research fellows Ashkan Afshin (Department of Epidemiology) and Gitanjali Singh (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutrition\/\">Department of Nutrition<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the study came from a Genes and the Environment Initiative grant from HSPH; a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute cardiovascular epidemiology training grant in behavior, the environment, and global health; and a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases training grant in academic nutrition.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n\t\t<p>The healthiest diets cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones, according to new research from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard School of Public Health<\/a> (HSPH). The finding is based on the most comprehensive examination to date comparing the prices of healthy foods and diet patterns to less healthy ones.<\/p>\n<p>The study will be published online today in <a href=\"http:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/\">BMJ<\/a> (British Medical Journal) Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople often say that healthier foods are more expensive, and that such costs strongly limit better diet habits,\u201d said lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/epidemiology\/\">Department of Epidemiology<\/a> at HSPH. \u201cBut, until now, the scientific evidence for this idea has not been systematically evaluated, nor have the actual differences in cost been characterized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The HSPH researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 27 existing studies from 10 high-income countries that included price data for individual foods and for healthier vs. less healthy diets. They evaluated the differences in prices per serving and per 200 calories for particular types of foods, and prices per day and per 2,000 calories (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/usda\/usdahome\">U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s<\/a> recommended average daily calorie intake for adults) for overall diet patterns. Prices were assessed per serving as well as per calorie because prices can vary depending on the unit of comparison.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that healthier diet patterns \u2014 for example, diets rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts \u2014 cost significantly more than unhealthy diets (for example, those rich in processed foods, meats, and refined grains). On average, a day\u2019s worth of the healthiest diet patterns cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers suggested that unhealthy diets may cost less because food policies have focused on the production of \u201cinexpensive, high volume\u201d commodities, which has led to \u201ca complex network of farming, storage, transportation, processing, manufacturing, and marketing capabilities that favor sales of highly processed food products for maximal industry profit.\u201d Given this reality, they said that creating a similar infrastructure to support production of healthier foods might help increase the availability \u2014 and reduce the prices \u2014 of more healthful diets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis research provides the most complete picture to date on true cost differences of healthy diets,\u201d said Dariush Mozaffarian, the study\u2019s senior author and an associate professor at HSPH and <a href=\"http:\/\/hms.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard Medical School<\/a>. \u201cWhile healthier diets did cost more, the difference was smaller than many people might have expected. Over the course of a year, $1.50\/day more for eating a healthy diet would increase food costs for one person by about $550 per year. This would represent a real burden for some families, and we need policies to help offset these costs. On the other hand, this price difference is very small in comparison to the economic costs of diet-related chronic diseases, which would be dramatically reduced by healthy diets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other HSPH authors included research fellows Ashkan Afshin (Department of Epidemiology) and Gitanjali Singh (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutrition\/\">Department of Nutrition<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the study came from a Genes and the Environment Initiative grant from HSPH; a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute cardiovascular epidemiology training grant in behavior, the environment, and global health; and a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases training grant in academic nutrition.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n\t\t<p>The healthiest diets cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones, according to new research from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard School of Public Health<\/a> (HSPH). 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On average, a day\u2019s worth of the healthiest diet patterns cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy ones.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers suggested that unhealthy diets may cost less because food policies have focused on the production of \u201cinexpensive, high volume\u201d commodities, which has led to \u201ca complex network of farming, storage, transportation, processing, manufacturing, and marketing capabilities that favor sales of highly processed food products for maximal industry profit.\u201d Given this reality, they said that creating a similar infrastructure to support production of healthier foods might help increase the availability \u2014 and reduce the prices \u2014 of more healthful diets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis research provides the most complete picture to date on true cost differences of healthy diets,\u201d said Dariush Mozaffarian, the study\u2019s senior author and an associate professor at HSPH and <a href=\"http:\/\/hms.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard Medical School<\/a>. \u201cWhile healthier diets did cost more, the difference was smaller than many people might have expected. 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