title: Adopting a plant-based diet minimally increased food costs in WHEL Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the cost of adopting a plant-based diet.
  
  
  METHODS
  Breast cancer survivors randomized to dietary intervention (n=1109) or comparison (n=1145) group; baseline and 12-month data on diet and grocery costs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At baseline, both groups reported similar food costs and dietary intake. At 12 months, only the intervention group changed their diet (vegetable-fruit: 6.3 to 8.9 serv/d.; fiber: 21.6 to 29.8 g/d; fat: 28.2 to 22.3% of E). The intervention change was associated with a significant increase of $1.22/ person/week (multivariate model, P=0.027).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A major change to a plant-based diet was associated with a minimal increase in grocery costs.
authors.affiliation: Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-00901, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hyder
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Loki
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Madlensky
authors.forename: Minya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emond
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kealey
authors.forename: Cheryl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: Shirley W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Flatt
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004032:Diet / Q000191:economics*; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014675:Vegetables / Q000191:economics*