In addition, the total lack of cheap but healthy prepared foods. In the USA, "healthy" = "salad" = "$15 at Sweetgreen" or something. But living here in Japan, d

In addition, the total lack of cheap but healthy prepared foods. In the USA, "healthy" = "salad" = "$15 at Sweetgreen" or something. But living here in Japan, despite the cost of groceries being consistently higher than it is in the USA, there's an huge variety of healthy $5-10 meals, as well as healthy, low-calorie/high-protein snacks easily available at any convenience store (that are actually delicious - dried seafood and pickled veggies are a favorite), that simply doesn't exist in most of the USA. For instance, I just had a grilled fish lunch set meal (teishoku) similar to this one [1] with miso soup (full of veggies), pickles, eggplant and small bowl of rice for $6 today, which based on similar meals at chain stores that publish calorie counts, probably amounts to maybe 600-750 calories with around 30-40 grams of protein. If you're hungry maybe choose a pork cutlet instead for the same price, or add a side dish for $1, or switch to a larger serving of rice for free. That said, even if those options were available, convincing Americans that "tasty" is not equivalent to "supersaturated with butter and corn syrup" is a difficult proposition... [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%90%E3%81%AE%E9%96%8B%E3%81%8D_%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D%E9%AD%9A%E5%AE%9A%E9%A3%9F_P2180627.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/%E3%82%B...