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Evening Standard
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Josie Clarke

More than a quarter of people ‘eating less healthily’ due to cost-of-living crisis

More than a quarter of consumers are eating less healthily due to the cost-of-living crisis, including turning increasingly to ready meals and processed foods, a study suggests.

More than two-thirds of people (69 per cent) consider themselves to be healthy eaters but 28 per cent say they are eating less nutritious food because it is too expensive, with 19 per cent reporting that they are eating more ready meals and processed food because they are cheaper, according to the BBC Good Food Nation survey.

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