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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love if the US food industry was regulated more like in Europe and we had less processed crap in the stores and more focus on fresh foods.

But I'd also love if American culture didn't expect people to work so much so it would be easier to prepare healthy meals at home without relying on processed foods for convenience because people are so pressed for time.

[b]I'd also love if schools took the quesiton of healthy eating seriously and stopped offering absolute garbage to kids on a daily basis. Not even talking about school lunches (but yes those are bad) but just all the candy and junk food schools often hand out all the time because it's easy and convenient.[/b]

And finally I'd love it if we could adopt a healthcare system that focused more on preventative care including healthy eating rather than just waiting for people to develop horrible illnesses as a result of their garbage diets and then spending billions trying to mitigate the consequences.[/quote]

Yes +10000
[b]It is the number one culprit that is making it harder for parents to instill good eating habits at home[/b].
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Agree school lunches should be far healthier and schools can do more; but schools are hardly the thing making it harder for parents. Parents don't instill the good nutrition at home because
1. healthy food costs more
2. parents don't want to deal with kids not eating and/or constantly complaining about the healthy food and being told "no" to the bad food
3. "convenience" foods are (oftentimes, and "seemingly" when you don't know how or aren't in the habit of cooking from scratch) far easier and faster
4. inundation of marketing - to children! - and prevalence of processed foods in stores along with a lack in good quality produce in many stores ...and farmers' markets take more time and cost even more
5. they don't practice good nutrition and cooking habits themselves - whether they never learned or just feel they don't have the time

The biggest problem isn't schools - it's the dominating prevalence of bad options and the unhealthy crap continuing to be allowed in this country.[/quote]

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