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: Foods that can be mass-produced and aren't perishable like potato chips, candy and sugar-sweetened drinks are prime culprits. "We have a survival instinct that drives us to eat constantly because in human history starvation was the problem," Sturm said. " Also our social norms are guided by that. We've been brought up to believe that it's nice to offer food to guests. It's like smoking. 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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