Morris, MA, Hulme, C, Clarke, GP et al. (2 more authors) (2014) What is the cost of a healthy diet? Using diet data from the UK Women's Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 68. 1043 - 1049. ISSN 0143-005X
Abstract
Background A healthy diet is important to promote health and well-being while preventing chronic disease. However, the monetary cost of consuming such a diet can be a perceived barrier. This study will investigate the cost of consuming a range of dietary patterns.Methods A cross-sectional analysis, where cost of diet was assigned to dietary intakes recorded using a Food Frequency Questionnaire. A mean daily diet cost was calculated for seven data-driven dietary patterns. These dietary patterns were given a healthiness score according to how well they comply with the UK Department of Health's Eatwell Plate guidelines. This study involved �+35 000 women recruited in the 1990s into the UK Women's Cohort Study.Results A significant positive association was observed between diet cost and healthiness of the diet (p for trend >0.001). The healthiest dietary pattern was double the price of the least healthy, -�6.63/day and -�3.29/day, respectively. Dietary diversity, described by the patterns, was also shown to be associated with increased cost. Those with higher education and a professional or managerial occupation were more likely to consume a healthier diet.Conclusions A healthy diet is more expensive to the consumer than a less healthy one. In order to promote health through diet and reduce potential inequalities in health, it seems sensible that healthier food choices should be made more accessible to all
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014, BMJ Publishing Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Analysis; association; chronic disease; cohort; Cohort Studies; cohort study; diet; dietary; dietary intake; dietary pattern; dietary patterns; dietary-intake; disease; education; food; food frequency; food frequency questionnaire; food-frequency; frequencies; frequency; frequency questionnaire; guidelines; health; intake; Intakes; questionnaire; trend; UK; UK Women's Cohort Study; women |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Food Science and Nutrition (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Health Economics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2015 14:30 |
Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2015 16:06 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204039 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
Identification Number: | 10.1136/jech-2014-204039 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:82639 |