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Healthy Eating Habits Save $50,000,000,000
Eat healthy. Save money.
By Matthew Kadey, MS, RD
May 1, 2020
Updated on: May 11, 2020
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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.
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