When Vegetables are Closer in Price to Chips, People Eat Healthier

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…for every 14 percent increase in the healthy-to-unhealthy price ratio (the standard deviation in this study), the odds of having a healthy diet dropped by 24 percent.

Great thing our tax money subsidizes all that corn and wheat! But leafy veggies? Nah.

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It’s pretty sad that when you go overseas, fruits and veggies, whole foods in general are fairly low priced while highly processed foods like snacks, chips etc are much higher. We’re the opposite here in the US.

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