Rising Food Costs Hurt More Than Hip Pocket

Fear of ghosts.

"Cash-strapped Australians are putting their health at risk by limiting the amount of healthy foods they buy because of confusing grocery price information, dietitians have warned."

Since there are no "healthy" foods, only eating healthily, the fear is unfounded.

"While some shoppers baulk at paying around $5 per kilo for apples, they think nothing of forking out $1.80 for a 60g chocolate bar. But if you do the maths, that chocolate bar works out at $30 per kilo. Similarly, potatoes are about $2.30 per kilo, but some brands of potato crisps work out to be as much as $29 per kilo. And plain sweet biscuits might cost around $8 per kilo, while oranges are a better price at $2.70 per kilo, and are a much healthier option."

That people cannot do math, is a problem.

Likely a casualty of the same school system that teaches about "healthy" foods.