Title: Cheap Food Blamed for America's Obesity Crisis
Headings: Cheap Food Blamed for America's Obesity Crisis
Cheap Food Blamed for America's Obesity Crisis
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Content: There was a time when it was perfectly good manners when someone visited to offer them a cigarette." The portion of disposable income spent on food has declined precipitously in recent decades. Rand Corp.
Some researchers have suggested that part of the problem is the inaccessibility of healthy foods. But the data show that fruits and vegetables, for example, have become increasingly available and affordable over the past decade, he said. Recommended
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While Sturm allows that Americans could eat more fruits and vegetables, he argues that wouldn't make them any thinner. That's because fruits and veggies wouldn't replace other, less healthy, choices, they would simply be consumed in addition to everything else. But cost doesn't paint a full picture, says Marion Nestle, a professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, who was not involved in the research. "This study attributes obesity to only one cause: low food prices.