Adopting a plant-based diet minimally increased food costs in WHEL study

Joseph A. Hyder; Cynthia A. Thomson; Loki Natarajan; Lisa Madlensky; Minya Pu; Jennifer Emond; Sheila Kealey; Cheryl L. Rock; Shirley W. Flatt; John P. Pierce

doi:10.5993/AJHB.33.5.6

Adopting a plant-based diet minimally increased food costs in WHEL study

Joseph A. Hyder, Cynthia A. Thomson, Loki Natarajan, Lisa Madlensky, Minya Pu, Jennifer Emond, Sheila Kealey, Cheryl L. Rock, Shirley W. Flatt, John P. Pierce

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Objective: To assess the cost of adopting a plant-based diet. Methods: Breast cancer survivors randomized to dietary intervention (n=1109) or comparison (n=1145) group; baseline and 12-month data on diet and grocery costs. Results: At baseline, both groups reported similar food costs and dietary intake. At 12 months, only the intervention group changed their diet (vegetable-fruit: 6.3 to 8.9 serv/d.; fiber: 21.6 to 29.8 g/d; fat: 28.2 to 22.3% of E). The intervention change was associated with a significant increase of $1.22/ person/week (multivariate model, P=0.027). Conclusions: A major change to a plant-based diet was associated with a minimal increase in grocery costs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	530-539
Number of pages	10
Journal	American journal of health behavior
Volume	33
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.33.5.6
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Breast cancer
Fruitvegetable consumption
Grocery costs

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Health(social science)
Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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