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Water, no. Food, probably. A lot of the undeveloped world eats only locally produced food, minimally processed. Highly processed foods don't necessarily make it

Water, no. Food, probably. A lot of the undeveloped world eats only locally produced food, minimally processed. Highly processed foods don't necessarily make it out there. As they start developing, they are able to import things with high levels of preservatives etc.

sva_ 3y ago
I'd prefer preservatives over contaminants like heavy metals.
deaddodo 3y ago
As someone who's traveled the undeveloped world pretty heavily, you would be surprised at how bad the "raw" food quality is; especially if poverty is very high. Undeveloped doesn't mean "without access to industrialized goods", it just means industrial infrastructure of their own is lacking. You seem to be mixing undeveloped (Port au Prince, Khartoum, Dhaka, etc) up with "tribal". They still have access to pesticides, heavy metals, low-quality/toxic feeds, gasoline, etc; in addition to having generally very lax/non-existent regulations.
lazide 3y ago
They use massive amounts of pesticides and have huge pollution issues due to burning trash and trash disposal problems, including out in fields. If you spend any time in India, for example? Holy moly.
bobthepanda 3y ago
Traditional foods or methods of cooking are not necessarily healthy. If eaten in excess cassava is high glycemic index like other Western starches, and stuff like cooking in animal fats is very unhealthy. A lot of obesity in developing economies comes from people who have experienced food scarcity overcompensating and overfeeding themselves and their children.
- wyclif 3y ago
  >A lot of obesity in developing economies comes from people who have experienced food scarcity overcompensating and overfeeding themselves and their children. This is true and easily observable everywhere, even in advertising. I'm in the Philippines at the moment, and there's a trope in Filipino television advertising that includes the "cute, chubby/fat kid." Having a chubby kid signifies to other Filipinos that you are middle class and have enough money and resources to overfeed your child.
- nradov 3y ago
  There's nothing necessarily unhealthy about cooking in animal fats.
  - bobthepanda 3y ago
    In moderation, sure. That being said, to give an example, an excess of lard is linked to increased obesity in Mexico.

sva_ 3y ago

I'd prefer preservatives over contaminants like heavy metals.

deaddodo 3y ago

As someone who's traveled the undeveloped world pretty heavily, you would be surprised at how bad the "raw" food quality is; especially if poverty is very high. Undeveloped doesn't mean "without access to industrialized goods", it just means industrial infrastructure of their own is lacking. You seem to be mixing undeveloped (Port au Prince, Khartoum, Dhaka, etc) up with "tribal". They still have access to pesticides, heavy metals, low-quality/toxic feeds, gasoline, etc; in addition to having generally very lax/non-existent regulations.

lazide 3y ago

They use massive amounts of pesticides and have huge pollution issues due to burning trash and trash disposal problems, including out in fields. If you spend any time in India, for example? Holy moly.

bobthepanda 3y ago

Traditional foods or methods of cooking are not necessarily healthy. If eaten in excess cassava is high glycemic index like other Western starches, and stuff like cooking in animal fats is very unhealthy. A lot of obesity in developing economies comes from people who have experienced food scarcity overcompensating and overfeeding themselves and their children.

wyclif 3y ago
>A lot of obesity in developing economies comes from people who have experienced food scarcity overcompensating and overfeeding themselves and their children. This is true and easily observable everywhere, even in advertising. I'm in the Philippines at the moment, and there's a trope in Filipino television advertising that includes the "cute, chubby/fat kid." Having a chubby kid signifies to other Filipinos that you are middle class and have enough money and resources to overfeed your child.
nradov 3y ago
There's nothing necessarily unhealthy about cooking in animal fats.
- bobthepanda 3y ago
  In moderation, sure. That being said, to give an example, an excess of lard is linked to increased obesity in Mexico.