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Vegetables have very few calories. Look at the cost per calorie: http://www.mymoneyblog.com/what-does-200-calories-cost-the-economics-of-obesity.html http://www
by minikites 9y ago
Vegetables have very few calories. Look at the cost per calorie: http://www.mymoneyblog.com/what-does-200-calories-cost-the-economics-of-obesity.html http://www.mymoneyblog.com/what-does-200-calories-cost-the-e...
Broccoli is $2.93 per 200 Calories. Doritos are 39 cents per 200 calories. That's the issue.
- wutbrodo 9y agoI don't think access to raw calories is the problem here, given that we're talking about people being _overweight_. Broccoli provides considerably more satiety per calorie than Doritos, to say nothing of the difference in healthfulness.
- nsxwolf 9y agoYou could raise the price of Doritos to be higher than broccoli and overweight people will still choose the Doritos. Source: Me