According to a survey in Malaysia conducted in December 2018, 72 percent of respondents in the 18 to 24 years and 45 to 54 years age groups 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.
Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by age group
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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). Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057155/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-age-group/
Food Industry Asia. "Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by age group." Chart. April 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057155/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-age-group/
Food Industry Asia. (2019). Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057155/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-age-group/
Food Industry Asia. "Breakdown of Respondents Who Viewed Eating Healthily as Expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057155/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-age-group/
Food Industry Asia, Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057155/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-age-group/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by age group [Graph], Food Industry Asia, April 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057155/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-age-group/