Obesity and Overweight Prevalence for the U.S

Re:Obesity and Overweight Prevalence for the U.S by mamon on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:12PM (#16449106)

>> Most vegetables are less than $3 a pound.

And you call that cheap.... In my country most vegetables cost below 1$ per kilogram, which is 6 times cheaper. I think this has to do with EU policy of subsidies for farmers.

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Re:Obesity and Overweight Prevalence for the U.S by _Codemonkeyism on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:19PM (#16449173)

"most vegetables cost below 1$ per kilogram"

I haven't seen 0.80 EUR/kg in Germany for vegetables, so I wonder where you live. I've assumed vegetables are rather cheap in Germany due to very high competition. Lettuce is around $1.85 a piece, carrots are 1 EUR/kg or 1.50 EUR/kg when organic. Karfiol is 2 EUR/kg here.

The cheapest discounters (Aldi) are little bit cheaper.

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Re:Obesity and Overweight Prevalence for the U.S by pjc50 on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:35PM (#16449336)

Cheapest I've seen in a UK Lidl was a kilo of carrots discounted to 20p. I can't see how that could possibly pay for any of the supply chain but I'll take it.

Up here in Scotland I think we have a good illustration of how obesity can be a cultural problem, especially linked to alcohol. There's a reasonable amount of healthy food available but the traditional preference is all fat, starch and sugar.

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