Healthy Eating Habits Save $50,000,000,000
Eat healthy. Save money.
That’s the amount of cash that healthier eating habits among adults could save the United States in annual healthcare costs associated with heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and other illnesses, according to a PLOS Medicine study. This works out to about $300 per person a year. That could buy a lot of kale!
Matthew Kadey, MS, RD
Matthew Kadey, MS, RD, is a James Beard Award–winning food journalist, dietitian and author of the cookbook Rocket Fuel: Power-Packed Food for Sport + Adventure (VeloPress 2016). He has written for dozens of magazines, including Runner’s World, Men’s Health, Shape, Men’s Fitness and Muscle and Fitness.
