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>and none of the food in the grocery store is actually what the box says (because it’s all chemical imitations) Grocery stores here are packed with junk, yes.
by itsoktocry 3y ago
>and none of the food in the grocery store is actually what the box says (because it’s all chemical imitations)
Grocery stores here are packed with junk, yes. But they also have an abundance of healthy foods. Probably more than any nation on earth.
I don't know if "willpower" is the right term, but it conveys the idea.
- tomrod 3y agoCost, good design, and knowledge of nutrition are all factors here. In short, it's less mentally costly in Europe to be fit, whereas in the US life is optimized to minimizing healthy activity. I think it's a myopic take to observe a society-wide increase in obesity and shrug it off to not enough people watching their CICO.