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Is Fast Food Really Cheaper Than Healthy Eating?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 340" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/capitalone/2018/08/20/is-fast-food-really-cheaper-than-healthy-eating/" target="_blank"><strong>Is Fast Food Really Cheaper Than Healthy Eating? - Forbes</strong></a></p><p></p><p><em>Should we expect to dig deeper into our wallets if we want to eat healthy? </em></p><p></p><p>Fast food is often touted as budget-friendly, convenient and filling. These perceptions, <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/12/e004277.full?sid=f40b344f-ef24-4a2d-9c09-59516f35fefc" target="_blank">based on old science</a>, could make it hard to justify visiting the grocery store for healthy staples. And that’s not mentioning all that time you spend actually preparing the meal from the ingredients you’ve purchased. Time, after all, is money.</p><p></p><p>A parallel consensus appears to be questioning this thinking, though: Yes, those dollar menus may seem like they’re better for the budget today. But does the payment come later, in the form of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, and in the costs related to managing those conditions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 340, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/capitalone/2018/08/20/is-fast-food-really-cheaper-than-healthy-eating/'][B]Is Fast Food Really Cheaper Than Healthy Eating? - Forbes[/B][/URL] [I]Should we expect to dig deeper into our wallets if we want to eat healthy? [/I] Fast food is often touted as budget-friendly, convenient and filling. These perceptions, [URL='https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/12/e004277.full?sid=f40b344f-ef24-4a2d-9c09-59516f35fefc']based on old science[/URL], could make it hard to justify visiting the grocery store for healthy staples. And that’s not mentioning all that time you spend actually preparing the meal from the ingredients you’ve purchased. Time, after all, is money. A parallel consensus appears to be questioning this thinking, though: Yes, those dollar menus may seem like they’re better for the budget today. But does the payment come later, in the form of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, and in the costs related to managing those conditions? [/QUOTE]
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