Higher costs of more nutritious diets contribute to socio-economic disparities in health: UW research
Socio-economic disparities in diet patterns and nutrient intake are well documented in research. People with lower incomes and less education typically have less healthful eating habits than people with higher incomes and more education. But little is known about the extent to which those disparities are driven by higher monetary costs of nutritious foods.
Now, a new study from University of Washington researchers concludes, for the first time, that socio-economic disparities in diet quality are directly affected by diet costs. The study, “Are socio-economic disparities in diet quality explained by diet costs?” is published in advance online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
But the “obesity epidemic” is about personal responsibility I thought???
