Adopting a Plant-Based Diet Minimally Increased Food Costs in WHEL Study
Methods : Breast cancer survivors randomized to dietary intervention (n=1109) or comparison (n1145) group; baseline and 12-month data on diet and grocery costs.
Results : At baseline, both groups reported similar food costs and dietary intake. At 12 months, only the intervention group changed their diet (vegetable-fruit: 6.3 to 8.9 serv/d.; fiber: 21.6 to 29.8 g/d; fat: 28.2 to 22.3 of E). The intervention change was associated with a significant increase of 1.22/ person/week (multivariate model, P0.027).
Conclusions : A major change to a plant-based diet was associated with a minimal increase in grocery costs.
Keywords: breast cancer; fruit-vegetable consumption; grocery costs
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 September 2009
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