‘Almost all PPR families cannot afford nutritious food’


Families living at PPRs cannot afford to buy fruits and vegetables and turn to processed food instead.

ALMOST 100% of the residents in people’s housing projects (PPRs) in Kuala Lumpur are not consuming enough fruits and vegetables, according to a study by RTI International, an independent non-profit research institute.

Its Better Health Programme lead Dr Lim Shiang Cheng said 96.5% of adults interviewed at six PPRs from August to December 2020 said they could not afford fruits and vegetables.

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