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Re:U.S. life expectancy varies by more than 20 years from co... by jjawssd on Monday May 08, 2017 @06:28PM (#14296220)
Eating habits are cultural. People used to eating mostly cereal and bread throughout the day aren't suddenly going to start vegetables because vegetables drop in price and become more readily available and appealing for consumption. Humans are creatures of habit and social momentum.

If you want a good laugh, read this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nutrition/comments/60vk7j/need_advi...

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Re:U.S. life expectancy varies by more than 20 years from co... by 3131s on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:52AM (#14297811)
What if in their neighborhood there are new restaurants with cheap, plant-based foods too? And if packaged food with refined sugars (cereals) and unhealthy oils got more expensive at the same time?

Humans can change their diets. It would help to be subsidizing healthy foods instead of refined sugars.

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Re:U.S. life expectancy varies by more than 20 years from co... by theparanoid on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:28PM (#14297534)
I laughed. Eating habits are stable in adulthood. I've known exactly one person to change theirs for more than a couple years.
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