Healthy foods cost three times as much as unhealthy foods, according to a
   Eating healthily costs three times as much as consuming unhealthy food
     * Quiz: How expensive is your healthy food?
   The average increase of healthy foods rose by £1.84 per 1,000 calories
   over the decade, while unhealthy food rose by 73 pence for the same
   healthy food.
   They found that more healthy foods were consistently more expensive
   than less healthy foods, with absolute costs increasing more than those
   In 2002, 1,000 kcal of healthy food - as defined by government criteria
   energy from less healthy food at £1.77.
   less healthy foods.
   While less healthy foods had a slightly greater price rise in
   healthy foods - a total average increase of £1.84 per 1,000 kcal for
   more healthy food across the decade, compared 73 pence for less healthy
   healthy foods for those on low incomes.
   prices of healthy foods were pushing too many families towards
   Healthy foods 2002 2012 (£/1000kcal):
   Unhealthy foods 2002 2012 (£/1000kcal):