Cost and affordability of a healthy diet for urban populations in Thailand and the Philippines before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 5 Average CoRD for Bangkok and Manila, before and during COVID-19 pandemic; n = 120; 2011–2020

Food group	Bangkok			Manila
Food group	Required g per person per day	Cost in US$	Proportion of cost to overall CoRD	Required g per person per day	Cost in US$	Proportion of cost to overall CoRD
Cost of recommended diet (US$ in 2019 PPP/person/day)	-	1.55	-	-	3.76	-
Cost per food group per day:
– Staples	720	0.64	0.41	325–650	1.44	0.38
– Protein foods	180	0.16	0.10	105–175	0.33	0.09
– Vegetables	240	0.22	0.14	300	0.69	0.18
– Fruit	600	0.38	0.25	250	0.48	0.12
– Oils	36	0.14	0.09	-	-	-
– Eggs	-	-	-	50	0.33	0.09

Sources: Estimated using the price data obtained from DoIT [54] and PSA [55]. Cost in US$ at 2019 PPP
The required g per person per day is the product of the amount of serving and number of servings per person per day. For Thailand, we use number of servings of recommended for those who need more energy such as laborers while for the Philippines we use the recommended servings for average bounds

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