According to Marge Dwyer, “Researchers have found that healthier dietary patterns – for example, diets rich in fruits, vegetables, fish and nuts – cost significantly more than unhealthy diets (e.g. , those rich in processed foods, meats and refined grains). On average, a day of a healthier diet costs about $1.50 more per day than a less healthy one. Researchers have suggested that unhealthy diets may cost less because food policies have focused on producing “cheap, high-volume” goods (hsph.harvard.edu). This shows why people choose to eat fast food instead of buying all the ingredients when they don't have time and it costs more. People don't care what food they eat because it's cheap and convenient