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Focusing on Children's Health: Community Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities: Workshop Summary (2009)
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH)
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Focusing on Children’s Health: Community Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities - Workshop Summary

unhealthy choices. Sanders-Butler said that buying food in bulk helps to not only reduce costs but allows for the preparation of several meals over a period of time. Although fast-food might appear to be less expensive, it is only eaten for one meal. The notion that healthy foods are more expensive is not necessarily true if one thinks about what it costs over time to eat unhealthy choices.

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