“… Low income New Zealand families would have to spend up to a third of their income to eat healthily, a researcher says.
A separate study reveals about 40 per cent of New Zealand households go hungry, skip meals or scrimp on ingredients because they are not “food secure”.
Food security is a key topic for discussion at a national dietitians conference in Dunedin that started yesterday and runs until tomorrow.
Professor John Coveney, associate dean at South Australia’s Flinders University …
… said yesterday people in low socio-economic groups were more likely to have a diet-related disease such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
His Australian research, which will be presented at the conference …
… showed low income families would have to spend up to one-third of their weekly income on buying a shopping basket of healthy food.
In comparison, a “healthy food basket” cost just 9 per cent of income for high income families…”
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