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Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households
The affordability of diets modelled on the current (less healthy) diet compared to a healthy diet based on Dietary Guidelines was calculated for population groups in New Zealand. Diets using common foods were developed for a household of four for the total population, Māori and Pacific groups. Māori...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29899249 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061255 |
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author | Mackay, Sally Buch, Tina Vandevijvere, Stefanie Goodwin, Rawinia Korohina, Erina Funaki-Tahifote, Mafi Lee, Amanda Swinburn, Boyd |
author_facet | Mackay, Sally Buch, Tina Vandevijvere, Stefanie Goodwin, Rawinia Korohina, Erina Funaki-Tahifote, Mafi Lee, Amanda Swinburn, Boyd |
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description | The affordability of diets modelled on the current (less healthy) diet compared to a healthy diet based on Dietary Guidelines was calculated for population groups in New Zealand. Diets using common foods were developed for a household of four for the total population, Māori and Pacific groups. Māori and Pacific nutrition expert panels ensured the diets were appropriate. Each current (less healthy) diet was based on eating patterns identified from national nutrition surveys. Food prices were collected from retail outlets. Only the current diets contained alcohol, takeaways and discretionary foods. The modelled healthy diet was cheaper than the current diet for the total population (3.5% difference) and Pacific households (4.5% difference) and similar in cost for Māori households (0.57% difference). When the diets were equivalent in energy, the healthy diet was more expensive than the current diet for all population groups (by 8.5% to 15.6%). For households on the minimum wage, the diets required 27% to 34% of household income, and if receiving income support, required 41–52% of household income. Expert panels were invaluable in guiding the process for specific populations. Both the modelled healthy and current diets are unaffordable for some households as a considerable portion of income was required to purchase either diet. Policies are required to improve food security by lowering the cost of healthy food or improving household income. |
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spelling | pubmed-60251042018-07-16 Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households Mackay, Sally Buch, Tina Vandevijvere, Stefanie Goodwin, Rawinia Korohina, Erina Funaki-Tahifote, Mafi Lee, Amanda Swinburn, Boyd Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The affordability of diets modelled on the current (less healthy) diet compared to a healthy diet based on Dietary Guidelines was calculated for population groups in New Zealand. Diets using common foods were developed for a household of four for the total population, Māori and Pacific groups. Māori and Pacific nutrition expert panels ensured the diets were appropriate. Each current (less healthy) diet was based on eating patterns identified from national nutrition surveys. Food prices were collected from retail outlets. Only the current diets contained alcohol, takeaways and discretionary foods. The modelled healthy diet was cheaper than the current diet for the total population (3.5% difference) and Pacific households (4.5% difference) and similar in cost for Māori households (0.57% difference). When the diets were equivalent in energy, the healthy diet was more expensive than the current diet for all population groups (by 8.5% to 15.6%). For households on the minimum wage, the diets required 27% to 34% of household income, and if receiving income support, required 41–52% of household income. Expert panels were invaluable in guiding the process for specific populations. Both the modelled healthy and current diets are unaffordable for some households as a considerable portion of income was required to purchase either diet. Policies are required to improve food security by lowering the cost of healthy food or improving household income. MDPI 2018-06-13 2018-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6025104/ /pubmed/29899249 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061255 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mackay, Sally Buch, Tina Vandevijvere, Stefanie Goodwin, Rawinia Korohina, Erina Funaki-Tahifote, Mafi Lee, Amanda Swinburn, Boyd Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households |
title | Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households |
title_full | Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households |
title_fullStr | Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households |
title_full_unstemmed | Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households |
title_short | Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households |
title_sort | cost and affordability of diets modelled on current eating patterns and on dietary guidelines, for new zealand total population, māori and pacific households |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29899249 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061255 |
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