Researchers at one city hospital are looking to prove that lower prices are needed at grocery stores in order to fight the obesity epidemic. YNN's Erin Billups filed the following report.
It's common knowledge that healthier food options like fresh fruits and vegetables usually cost more than processed meals and snacks.
"The cost of it is a big hindrance to people eating more of it or even eating the minimum requirement recommended by the USDA," says Ian Ang of the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center.
That's what's motivating a series of studies lead by researchers at the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center.
With the help of two D'Agostino supermarkets on the Upper West Side, the food purchases of 47 overweight customers were monitored.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: YNN Rochester