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The Truth on the Issue of Affordability and Accessibility
In communities with a high incidence of poverty, there is a noticeable dearth of knowledge on the importance of serving nutritious food to family members. Oftentimes, those who are tasked to prepare and serve meals on the table or put food in their children’s lunch boxes are not even aware which types of foods are rich in nutritional value. They are mostly overwhelmed with the day-to-day pressure of putting something together that they can eat when their stomachs rumble.
In other instances, the high costs of healthy foods prevent households from including them in their shopping lists. Mothers with less time on their hands and obviously with a limited budget in their purses would grab ready-to-eat snack items from the store shelves and counters rather than prepare healthy, homemade snacks using natural and organic ingredients.
To a certain extent, there is some truth in the perception that health foods are pricey. Ordinarily, local and small farmers have high production costs. Understandably, to recoup their capital and investments, they have to adjust farm gate prices. Transporting farm produce to where they are accessible to consumers also increases the farmers’ operating expenses.
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On the other hand, studies reveal that there is also a misconception on natural foods being less affordable compared to processed foods. Again, the lack of information or misinformation causes the households’ failure to make evidenced-based or informed decisions when comparing prices between goods.
In recent years, organic food products have gained popularity. As more people from the higher income bracket become health conscious, they are captivated with the benefits of healthy eating, especially by consuming fresh and organic foods. The growing interest of people who can afford to eat at high-end restaurants and other chic places contributed to the escalation of the prices of these kinds of foods.
In most cases, the poor cannot afford healthy food because of the lack or absence of buying capacity. It is simply that they are left with fewer or no choice at all. Thus, in reality, the lack of money is the major impediment in acquiring and maintaining healthy eating habits.
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