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It's not just an issue of healthy food being expensive. If you're obese, cutting your food intake in half will save you 50% of your food expense. That's a lot.
by Renaud 4y ago
It's not just an issue of healthy food being expensive. If you're obese, cutting your food intake in half will save you 50% of your food expense. That's a lot.
Keeping the same budget, you could most probably eat healthier in smaller quantities.
Although cost might be still be an issue for some, the main problem is education and culture, and these are harder to change: even if you can afford healthy food, you're unlikely to seek it if you have no appreciation for it.
- BitwiseFool 4y agoEducation and culture only goes so far. The school system has been trying to teach children healthy diet and exercise habits for several decades, but it just doesn't seem to stick. Not that we should stop, but it seems like obesity has more to with a lack of willpower to resist overeating rather than ignorance of how to eat healthily and that exercise should be regular.