According to a survey in Malaysia conducted in December 2018, 71 percent of respondents agreed that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily. Malaysia has one of the highest rates of obesity in Asia, and has recently introduced a sugar tax to combat obesity.
Share of respondents who agreed that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily in Malaysia as of December 2018
The question asked in the survey was as follows: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Eating healthily is more expensive than eating unhealthily."
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Food Industry Asia. (April 29, 2019). Share of respondents who agreed that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily in Malaysia as of December 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057144/malaysia-respondents-opinions-affordability-of-eating-healthily/
Food Industry Asia. "Share of respondents who agreed that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily in Malaysia as of December 2018." Chart. April 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057144/malaysia-respondents-opinions-affordability-of-eating-healthily/
Food Industry Asia. (2019). Share of respondents who agreed that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily in Malaysia as of December 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057144/malaysia-respondents-opinions-affordability-of-eating-healthily/
Food Industry Asia. "Share of Respondents Who Agreed That Eating Healthily Was More Expensive than Eating Unhealthily in Malaysia as of December 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057144/malaysia-respondents-opinions-affordability-of-eating-healthily/
Food Industry Asia, Share of respondents who agreed that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily in Malaysia as of December 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057144/malaysia-respondents-opinions-affordability-of-eating-healthily/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of respondents who agreed that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily in Malaysia as of December 2018 [Graph], Food Industry Asia, April 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057144/malaysia-respondents-opinions-affordability-of-eating-healthily/
