Tag: Long term health costs

According to a study comparing diets in Greater Brisbane, the average habitual diet was 18.4% more expensive than the recommended healthy diet in 2022. This challenges the common misconception that healthy eating is always more expensive than habitual dietary patterns.

According to a 2025 analysis by The Food Foundation, 1,000 calories of healthy food can cost more than double the price of 1,000 calories of less healthy options like processed foods. However, this simple price-per-calorie comparison doesn't reveal the whole story behind the question: is it actually cheaper to eat unhealthy?

According to a 2025 analysis by the Food Foundation, healthier food costs more than double per calorie compared to less healthy options, with prices for nutritious items rising at twice the rate of junk food. This raises a critical question: is it cheaper to eat healthy or unhealthy, and what factors truly influence the final cost?