is healthy diet expensive?

Abstract

Is a healthy diet expensive? Many people complain of how following a healthy diet can be expensive. This report looks further into this subject to assess the true relationship between price and healthy food. You are what you eat! Diet plays a huge role in improving or damaging our health. A healthy diet aid in preventing some of the common non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Many literatures support the claim of healthy food being expensive, specifically in lower socioeconomic status part of the community, less educated people and in food desert areas. Some literatures prove that there is no significant gap in price between healthy and unhealthy foods and that healthy food can easily be affordable and accessible to all if planned successfully. In conclusion, healthy food can be expensive in certain areas or in specific populations. Therefore, efforts should be directed on how to change the environment and work on establishing guidelines that facilitate delivery of healthier options in terms of prices and accessibility.