As evidenced by our recent readings, people with greater income levels are often able to make healthier food choices. They often have more money to spend on food as well as more time. In addition, they have greater access to stores that stock healthier foods. However, I found this set of images from Sparkpeople that compares fast food prices to the price of healthier items stocked at Wal-Mart.The food from Wal-Mart is healthier and more cost effective. It is definitely difficult to choose the healthy options that may be more time consuming to prepare but I think people need to be made aware of healthier and more economical options.
Check out some of the other comparisons!
http://www.dailyspark.com/blog.asp?post=what_20_will_buy_at_the_drivethru_and_at_the_supermarket
This is really interesting, Astrid. Why do people go with the fast food, if good nutritious food is cheaper?
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