The argument that eating healthy costs so much more than just junk food is basically bunk.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/pre...sts-1-50-more/
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The healthiest diets cost about $1.50 more per day than the least healthy diets, according to new research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The finding is based on the most comprehensive examination to date comparing prices of healthy foods and diet patterns vs. less healthy ones.
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For a family of four, that works out to about $2K a year, and this is comparing what they call the "healthiest diets" to the "least healthy diets", implying there is some sort of in between that most people would likely eat (mostly healthy with some junk mixed in). I'd imagine the price difference is even less in those cases. For something that is so important to enjoying life in general (i.e. having a healthy body), I don't think that is a huge investment.
I think it's just another excuse and people like to trot out to rationalize their behaviour.