If Americans Ate Healthier Diets, US Could Save Tens Of Billions Of Dollars In Healthcare Costs, Research Indicates.

, “If more Americans ate healthier diets, the nation could save tens of billions of dollars in health care costs for major problems such as heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, strokes, hip fractures and Alzheimer’s disease.” After evaluating “different scenarios,” investigators “determined that boosting the number of Americans with healthy eating habits could save between $21 billion and $135 billion a year in health care costs.” The study was slated for presentation at the American Society for Nutrition annual meeting. https://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/nutrition-score-high-502/study-sees-financial-windfall-if-more-americans-ate-healthful-foods-734561.html