A new report reveals that the poorest fifth of the UK population must spend almost half their disposable income to afford a government-recommended healthy diet. The report also warns that healthier food is rising in price at twice the rate of less healthy options, creating a significant financial barrier for those already struggling.
The poorest fifth of the UK would need to spend almost half their disposable income on food to achieve the government's recommended healthy diet, a new report has found. It comes alongside a warning that healthier food is getting more expensive at twice the rate of less healthy options, with food that is lower in fat, salt and sugar now twice as expensive per calorie as its less nutritious counterparts.
Deprived groups were much more likely to be affected by type 2 diabetes, with those in the most deprived fifth of the population almost three times as likely to experience a lower limb amputation than the least deprived in 2022. Children in their last year of primary school in the most deprived areas were also more than twice as likely to have experienced tooth decay in their adult teeth - 23% compared to 10% in the least deprived areas.
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