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Is healthy eating affordable?

Business Daily

BBC

Business

4.4816 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Poor diet has been linked to diseases such as diabetes and cancer, but do you have much of a choice if you are on a tight budget?

Organic food is rising in popularity in the West, but Vishala Sri-Pathma asks nutritionist Sophie Medlin whether the additional cost of buying organic is actually worth it. And what if you are time poor, as well as short of money? Chef Tom Kerridge has tips for how even if you have just 20 minutes spare, it's still possible to pull together a healthy family meal.

Plus Dr Susan Babey, a senior research scientist for health policy at University College Los Angeles, explains another major factor affecting the diets of many ordinary Americans - so-called "food deserts" where there is simply nowhere to actually buy fresh produce.

(Picture: Fresh locally grown vine tomatoes for sale outside a green grocer store in the the UK; Credit: John Keeble/Getty Images)

Transcript

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0:00.0

The BBC World Service is about to launch a brand new podcast all about raising children.

0:05.9

It's called Parentland and it's our first ever parenting podcast.

0:10.2

Every week the presenters attempt to answer a question from a listener by talking to scientists and researchers

0:15.6

and coming up with an answer based on the evidence.

0:18.9

It's also a lot of fun which is largely largely down to the presenters, Linda and Mercy,

0:23.2

who've been talking about what they're hoping to get out of their time in Parentland.

0:27.2

To hear what they've got to say and join a global community of Parentlanders

0:30.9

all struggling with the same issues, just search for Parentland wherever you found this podcast.

0:38.5

Hello and welcome to Business Daily.

0:41.0

I'm Vashala Sri Puthber, coming up with avocados and eggs,

0:45.5

being top trending images on Instagram,

0:48.1

but lots of us, food is clearly on our minds.

0:51.1

Today we're looking at whether it matters where and how our food is grown.

0:56.3

We think that there may be higher levels of some of these properties in plants that are

1:00.5

beneficial for our health if they are in season, if they are grown locally and potentially

1:04.3

if they are grown in organic soil. But even so, can everyone afford to eat healthily?

1:11.0

Chronic conditions like diabetes are more likely to affect lower income populations

1:16.8

because those lower income populations often rely more heavily on processed foods

1:23.2

because they're less expensive.

1:25.4

That's all in Business Daily from the BBC.

1:31.6

We've been discussing a lot on this program about the impact of global trade wars.

1:37.8

The current tensions between China and the United States has led to stock market volatility around the world.

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