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Inflation reducing quality of people’s diets

Inflation has started changing the way people, particularly families, buy food – seeing many opt for ‘cheaper options’ that are often less healthy. This is the opinion of specialists who are now advising media outlets like SIC Notícias on how people can save money, and still eat healthily. Concerns are that in reducing the quality of their diets, people will actually be prejudicing their overall health – and thus putting further pressure on public services that are already ‘hanging by a thread’…