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Take a good look at yourself, OP, and you’ll find your answers.[/quote]

I cook from scratch at home 90% of the time and send lunches to school. My child didn’t know what a pop tart was or had been to a
fast food restaurant for the first ten years of life.  Until someone outside home introduced these. We only drink water, no sodas or juice. We have 3 meals. We eat family dinner every night that I cook fresh from scratch.  We walk,swim, play tennis or hike every day.

I’m not on any meds, no chronic conditions, my physical’s tests are normal.

It takes tremendous effort.  I find it incredibly difficult in America to guard my family from junk food. It’s everywhere, on every corner, every step of every day.  The food culture is awful.  When I’m in Europe it’s effortless.  There I don’t have to worry about gaining weight or what I’m eating, the quality of food is at another level.

In DH’s extended family of 17, 4 are morbidly obese, another 7 are seriously overweight, 1 has diabetes, 2 have had cancer before age 60, 2 have thyroid disease, 2 have hypertension, 1 twenty five year old has Crohn’s disease. These are middle class people all with college education.  None of this is genetic. This a picture of American society and you can’t pin it on individual responsibility.  It’s a cultural phenomenon.

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Where do you live that this is so hard for you? I grew up in DC and have lived in 3-4 major cities across America and I only ever really actually see fast food restaurants while on road trips. With the exception of a few McDonalds or Taco Bells or whatever, there are a lot of "fast casual" chain places like Chipotle / Cava / Starbucks in cities, all of which have relatively healthy options these days. You're projecting a lot from your immediate family onto all Americans.

It's also not that hard to just, not buy soda. I can't think of anyone in my family who does. Why would this be any less or more difficult in America compared to say, the UK or Spain (where 62% of the population is overweight). You seem to be pinning a lot on American school lunches, which, yes, are terrible and should be changed. But that doesn't mean it takes "tremendous effort" for a lot of Americans to find healthy foods to eat. And you're also underestimating how easy it is for people living in other countries to be overweight or unhealthy, too. [/quote]

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