According to a survey in Malaysia conducted in December 2018, 80 percent of respondents who claimed to eat reasonably healthily were of the opinion 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 found eating healthily was expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by eating habits
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 found eating healthily was expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by eating habits [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057161/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-eating-habits/
Food Industry Asia. "Breakdown of respondents who found eating healthily was expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by eating habits." Chart. April 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057161/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-eating-habits/
Food Industry Asia. (2019). Breakdown of respondents who found eating healthily was expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by eating habits. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057161/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-eating-habits/
Food Industry Asia. "Breakdown of Respondents Who Found Eating Healthily Was Expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by Eating Habits." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057161/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-eating-habits/
Food Industry Asia, Breakdown of respondents who found eating healthily was expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by eating habits Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057161/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-eating-habits/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Breakdown of respondents who found eating healthily was expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by eating habits [Graph], Food Industry Asia, April 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057161/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-eating-habits/
