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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's honestly crazy to me how reactionary and uninformed this thread is. There is no doubt the US is an obesogenic environment. It's not even debatable. Reading this thread is like some weird angry time capsule. I didn't know smart people even still thought like some of the PPs. [/quote]

I’m curious what country the US should model itself after. Which country is not obesogenic and how are they doing it better? I have traveled quite a bit throughout Europe, Asia, and Central America and in all those places, the nutritional value of the food seems similar to what you can get here—meaning [b]there are both healthy and unhealthy options[/b] and it’s up to the individual to decide what they want to eat. I’m a person who is normal weight and has no problem finding healthful things to eat in the regular supermarket.[/quote]
DP here. I've also lived and/or traveled quite a bit in those regions (well, South America, not Central America), and I disagree. I think options skew far unhealthier in the US than in other places. Also, in the US a lot of food that should be healthy (e.g. rotisserie chicken) is injected with fat, sugar, and other fillers that make it a lot less healthy. In addition, many foods are marketed as "healthy" when they really aren't. Kids are taught really poor nutrition in schools (thanks to a USDA that is beholden to Big Food), and they carry those unhealthy habits into adulthood.

I think if we had better and more accurate food labeling, it would help a lot. We also should have more nutritious food in schools and much better education about food. And there are things sold in the US that barely meet the standard of being called food in other countries. They are often labeled as a "food product", because the proportion of fillers and chemicals to make them taste like something compared to the actual food is so high. As a country, we've created a food system that prioritizes calories over nutrition. Maybe that made sense a century ago, but it no longer does.[/quote]

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