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: It does not discuss relentless marketing of cheap 'junk' foods, nor does it discuss Consumer Price Index data on the relative cost of foods," she said, noting that the cost of fruits and vegetables has gone up more than the average food cost. "The higher prevalence of obesity among people of lower income and education can be explained by greater consumption of low-cost, high-calorie foods." Other factors that seem to play into the obesity epidemic are the rise of electronic entertainment, increased reliance on cars and a shift away from physical jobs to more desk-bound ones. Although Americans aren't spending more time at work and have more leisure time today, they do spend more of that time sedentary, the researchers found. Sturm may have offered up a new target, but he doesn't have a silver bullet to aim at it. He suggests small tweaks to prod people to make changes. For example, taxes on unhealthy food choices. "An economic incentive allows us to nudge people in the right direction," he said. " It might be enough to start changing social norms. In half a decade smoking changed dramatically.