Laut UN-Bericht ist gesunde Ernährung für jeden dritten Menschen weltweit zu teuer | Globale Entwicklung
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/21/healthy-diet-too-expensive-for-one-in-three-people-globally-un-report-finds
Laut UN-Bericht ist gesunde Ernährung für jeden dritten Menschen weltweit zu teuer | Globale Entwicklung
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/21/healthy-diet-too-expensive-for-one-in-three-people-globally-un-report-finds
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>The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 report calculated the cost of a healthy diet is 4.28 purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars a day. This means that in any given country, a healthy diet costs the amount of local currency with the same buying power that $4.28 has in the US.
But everyone will give you shit if you can’t afford it.
As someone who started being more physically active and tried to keep food costs in check by tracking calories per euro of different products in shops and markets around me – this is a topic that I simultaniously believe AND know it’s a knowledge issue.
The problem is that usually healthy diet to a lot of people mean a lot of vegetables and non-processed meat and dairy – and yeah, those are pretty expensive compared to stuff like processed food.
However, legumes are incredibly cheap and healthy – my favorites are red lentils and split peas. So are certain grains like buckwheat and brown rice. Peanuts are often a surprisingly cheap source of healthy fats – and at least in stores around me olive oil occasionally goes on big sales (not that seeds oils are that bad – the scare is a bit out of proportion).
Also, fullgrain stuff (non-white bread, fullgrain pastea, etc.) is usually barely more expensive than regular. Personally, I also think once you learn and get it down, homemade sourdough bread isn’t too hard to do and super cheap – might not be super amazing but if you are struggling with food costs, you gotta lower expectations.
Obviously it really depends on where you live and this article is about global situation where a lot of people simply don’t have access to a variety of food (though I’d argue it’s a different issue, and in general a bit of my criticism for the report – there are assumptions about what is a healthy diet that just aren’t true). Just wanted to share some thoughts.
I can only speak as a US person, my wife and I eat super healthy for $5 per meal combined ($2.50 each). Lots of beans and whole grains, I buy frozen veggies because they don’t get neglected to death and they hold nutrients better than fresh. Meat isn’t a healthy choice anyway so should not be part of this discussion.
I ate pizza rolls for dinner twice last week.. I’m almost 40.
In Brazil, unhealthy diets are becoming more expensive than healthy ones, completely reversing the logic that was valid until a few years ago, when crap and junk food were still cheap.
I really feel this.
I make sure the kids eat as healthy as possible but I buy a lot of frozen fruit, vegetables and meat (shit quality meat) to keep the costs down but it’s really hard atm.