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People are paying more attention to what they eat, but you've missed the biggest driver... the desire to look good and/or be healthy. Society as a whole has ne

People are paying more attention to what they eat, but you've missed the biggest driver... the desire to look good and/or be healthy. Society as a whole has nearly always rated appearance highly, but that's more true today than its ever been in recent memory. Whilst it's true that all body shapes will look attractive to someone, the general consensus is that a healthy body is an attractive body, and you're not going to get that by filling it with food that's full of empty calories. It's not good to be too obsessed with being healthy, but even people who are only casually interested in health will still make decisions to cut out/down on certain food and drinks. For example, I started avoiding cow's milk after I learnt about the increased risk from cancer. The more you learn about food, the more you know what to eat more of and what to avoid, even if you don't make a health-based choice every time.

tptacek 11y ago
I haven't missed it. I don't believe it's there. I don't believe people are eating more healthfully. I think they're buying packaged food that claims to be more healthful but isn't. I do believe people are drinking more healthfully: they're buying less soda, and I think they're going to continue doing that. I think that will make a major dent in public health. But that has little to do with whether Nestle should continue investing in frozen food research.
- ZenoArrow 11y ago
  > "I haven't missed it. I don't believe it's there." Consider the following growth in health club memberships in the US between 1987 and 2005: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3Vy1wJ3JNxuPxxEUbj5wJocQWE8OtUrUBP_sScybXFtJ6tqfd9YGKLccLxFzXo5qFHx007IYoG3OmqCWC4xHM0uFsmA4In0NbuIXzVpmw8bij920Xx7FZwUKH_RiWNttRg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3Vy1wJ3JNxuPxxEUbj5wJocQWE... If you have increased desire to get fit, do you believe that people are only going to do that by drinking less soda and going to the gym, and aren't going to adjust their eating habits? Speak to any gym member who attends reasonably regularly (at least once a week) and you'll find they think more about what they eat because eating badly makes exercise harder.

tptacek 11y ago

I haven't missed it. I don't believe it's there. I don't believe people are eating more healthfully. I think they're buying packaged food that claims to be more healthful but isn't. I do believe people are drinking more healthfully: they're buying less soda, and I think they're going to continue doing that. I think that will make a major dent in public health. But that has little to do with whether Nestle should continue investing in frozen food research.

ZenoArrow 11y ago
> "I haven't missed it. I don't believe it's there." Consider the following growth in health club memberships in the US between 1987 and 2005: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3Vy1wJ3JNxuPxxEUbj5wJocQWE8OtUrUBP_sScybXFtJ6tqfd9YGKLccLxFzXo5qFHx007IYoG3OmqCWC4xHM0uFsmA4In0NbuIXzVpmw8bij920Xx7FZwUKH_RiWNttRg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3Vy1wJ3JNxuPxxEUbj5wJocQWE... If you have increased desire to get fit, do you believe that people are only going to do that by drinking less soda and going to the gym, and aren't going to adjust their eating habits? Speak to any gym member who attends reasonably regularly (at least once a week) and you'll find they think more about what they eat because eating badly makes exercise harder.