An all-too-common mantra says, “It’s too expensive to eat healthy.” It’s true that when comparing specific foods like organic fruits with conventional fruits, the former tends to be a few dollars more per pound. And when a shopping cart filled with fresh produce, poultry, and fish is compared with one loaded with boxes of macaroni and cheese, ground hamburger meat, and cookies, the latter will likely ring lower at the cash register.
一个过于常见的口号是，‘吃健康食品太贵了。’诚然，当比较特定食品时，如有机水果与常规水果，前者每磅往往要贵几美元。此外，当装满新鲜农产品、家禽和鱼类的购物车与装满了通心粉奶酪盒、碎牛肉和饼干的购物车相比时，后者的结账金额很可能更低。
Certainly, policy improvements and other actions are needed to create a food environment where the healthy choice is the easy and accessible choice. In the meantime, know that creating nutritious meals can be more affordable than one might think. In fact, one meta-analysis looking at the price difference between healthful and less healthful dietary patterns found that diets with healthier foods only cost a bit more—about $1.48 per day. [1]
当然，需要政策改进和其他行动来创造一个让健康选择变得容易且触手可及的食品环境。与此同时，要知道制作营养餐可能比人们想象的更实惠。事实上，一项关于健康饮食模式与不健康饮食模式之间价格差异的荟萃分析发现，包含更多健康食物的饮食仅每天多花费约 1.48 美元。[1]
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