date:May 18, 2012
A common perception among consumers is that a diet consistent with the USDAs recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 is unaffordable for many Americans. So, the ERS took on the task of measuring the cost of a healthy diet. Researchers not only found more than one way to measure the cost of healthy foods. They discovered that healthy foods may actually cost less than less healthy foods.
The ERS price comparison study found that the metric used to measure the price of food i