Boston.com, February 3, 2016: Wasted food, wasted money: Why some poor families can’t afford to eat healthy
“It costs money to eat healthy—as much as an added $1.50 a day compared to an unhealthy diet, according to the Harvard School of Public Health—but there’s another hidden expense that could make eating healthy even tougher for lower-income families. A recently published study in the journal Social Science & Medicine, by Harvard sociology doctoral student Caitlin Daniel, shows that, in order to minimize waste, lower-income families are less likely to give their kids new, healthy foods. The ‘waste’ comes from kids’ initial displeasure with new food: according to data cited in the study, children may refuse unfamiliar food 8 to 15 times before accepting it.”