Measuring cost and affordability of current vs. healthy diets in Argentina: an application of linear programming and the INFORMAS protocol

• Main Authors: Gabriel Giacobone (Author), Maria Victoria Tiscornia (Author), Leila Guarnieri (Author), Luciana Castronuovo (Author), Sally Mackay (Author), Lorena Allemandi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Food cost and affordability is one of the main barriers to improve the nutritional quality of diets of the population. However, in Argentina, where over 60% of adults and 40% of children and adolescents are overweight or obese, little is known about the difference in cost and aff...