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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I don't see it so much about availability of healthy options as about what is in cultural demand. NP here. Culturally, I'm American and lived many years in the DC area. But I was born in Thailand, and lived in France & Japan and am currently living in Portugal. It strikes me that in so many other places, people seem a lot less focused on sweets & snacks vs the US. I'm not sure why. [/quote] I think a big reason why is marketing and additives. We are allowed to market food with almost no nutritional value to children here. And we're even allowed to call it "healthy" while doing so. In addition, our foods have a lot of additives that are specifically designed to make food addictive.[/quote]
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