A tale of two cities: the cost, price-differential and affordability of current and healthy diets in Sydney and Canberra, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The perception that healthy foods are more expensive than unhealthy foods has been reported widely to be a key barrier to healthy eating. However, assessment of the relative cost of healthy and unhealthy foods and diets is fraught methodologically. Standardised approaches to produce reliable data on the cost of total diets and different dietary patterns, rather than selected foods, are lacking globally to inform policy and practice.

Methods

This paper reports the first application, in randomly selected statistical areas stratified by socio-economic status in two Australian cities, of the Healthy Diets Australian Standardized Affordability and Pricing (ASAP) method protocols: diet pricing tools based on national nutrition survey data and dietary guidelines; store s

SUBMITTER: Lee AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7309977 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature