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Table 1 Average (SD) cost in New Zealand dollars and energy density of two-weekly standard household healthy and current, less healthy dietsa for the total New Zealand population and for Māori and Pacific population groups separately

From: Modelling the cost differential between healthy and current diets: the New Zealand case study

 

Total NZ population

Pacific population

Māori population

Healthy diets

Current diets

Healthy diets

Current diets

Healthy diets

Current diets

N iterations

1,000,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

N common foods included

73

100

71

105

75

109

N individual meal plans

365 + 347 + 319 + 137

360 + 185 + 96 + 153

120 + 226 + 299 + 281

252 + 452 + 330 + 329

93 + 137 + 17 + 44

332 + 127 + 12 + 367

N household meal plans

5,960,900,400

978,220,800

2,278,595,280

12,366,557,280

9,530,268

185,690,256

Average cost (SD)

$723.4 (75.7)

$696.3 (48.5)

$593.7 (65.0)

$655.1 (62.6)

$655.3 (65.0)

$693.6 (43.1)

Range of the cost

$502.0 - $937.1

$571.1 - $850.0

$423.4 - $778.3

$448.6 - $799.6

$522.0 - $790.7

$580.3 - $796.3

Energy (MJ)b

139.6 (137.6-141.7)

152.2 (150.3-154.8)

139.6 (137.6-141.7)

165.7 (163.8-168.7)

139.7 (137.6-141.4)

161.4 (159.4-164.1)

Energy density (kJ/g)b

1.02

1.49

1.03

1.56

0.94

1.65

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aNo alcohol, takeaways or discretionary foods included in the standard healthy diet; takeaways and discretionary foods included in the current diet
  3. bAverage (range)