Healthy Diets in Rural Victoria-Cheaper than Unhealthy Alternatives, Yet Unaffordable.

ABSTRACT: Rural communities experience higher rates of obesity and reduced food security compared with urban communities. The perception that healthy foods are expensive contributes to poor dietary choices. Providing an accessible, available, affordable healthy food supply is an equitable way to improve the nutritional quality of the diet for a community, however, local food supply data are rarely available for small rural towns. This study used the Healthy Diets ASAP tool to assess price, price differential and affordability of recommended (healthy) and current diets in a rural Local Government Area (LGA) (pop ≈ 7000; 10 towns) in Victoria, Australia. All retail food outlets were surveyed (n = 40). The four most populous towns had supermarkets; remaining towns had one general store each. Sev

SUBMITTER: Love P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266685 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature