Relying on dollar stores for the bulk of grocery purchases might not be harming American diets, despite the comparative lack of healthy products, a new study has found.

As families look to free up funds on costly shopping lists, they are increasingly turning to their locals dollar stores to buy staple food items, according to the study, published on Monday in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

“People go to different types of stores for different reasons and the dollar store is one that people choose because of the price advantage,” lead author Wenhui Feng, a professor of health care policy of research at Tufts University, said in a statement.

“There are a lot of concerns that foods on dollar store shelves are less healthy, but what’s on the shelf does not equal what

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