More than 90 percent of adults recently surveyed by the Pew Research Center said the cost of healthy food has continued to rise in recent years, and 69 percent admitted they struggle to afford eating healthily as a result.
The center interviewed more than 5,000 American adults from across the nation over the past few months.
Eileen Yam, director of science and society research for the center, told The Epoch Times that the challenge is much more pronounced among lower-income adults.
“That said, upper-income adults haven’t been completely spared—54 percent of them say higher prices have made it more difficult to eat healthy,” she said….