November 11, 2024

Eat This Podcast: The Cost of a Healthy Diet

Let’s assume that people understand what they ought to eat to keep themselves healthy over the course of their lives and that the nutritious food to deliver good health is available in the market.

More than one in three of the world’s people simply cannot afford a healthy diet.

“Is it because of high prices? Is it because of low incomes? Or is it because ... you can’t see, taste, or smell the nutritional composition of food?”

I spoke to the Food Prices for Nutrition team at Tufts University and their collaborators to find out where we are on affordable, nutritious diets.

Listen here.

Take care