It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why

Re:It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts expl... by sdkjskf on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:39AM (#17733607)

" Researchers have pointed out that if Americans actually followed the US dietary guidelines and started to eat the volume and variety of produce health officials recommend, we wouldn’t have nearly enough to meet consumer demand."

Compare any American super market's fruit and veggie section to one in Canada, or EU, and this is obviously true. Even Whole Foods' is pathetically small[1].

Seeing how little space there is for F&V, if you imagine doubling the space, the production problem is quite apparent.

[1]In Canada, the nearest supermarket to my folks' uses half it's floor space on vegetables and fruits. Grown in California, of course.

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Re:It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts expl... by jessriedel on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:46AM (#17733683)

If the demand for these products existed, the market would easily provide them. But why would excess supply be created if no one wants it?

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Re:It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts expl... by danharaj on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:49AM (#17733706)

Agriculture is, like, the least free market.

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Re:It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts expl... by jessriedel on Friday August 10, 2018 @03:44PM (#17736219)

Ignoring your hyperbole, I agree the existence of many distorting subsidies surely affects prices, but the price of all food is low across the board (compared to other industrialized countries). If people wanted to buy the healthy options at the price paid for them in Europe, they would be available.

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Re:It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts expl... by georgeecollins on Saturday August 11, 2018 @01:34PM (#17740645)

Right, in the US corn in (Blame Iowa :) ) is super subsidized.

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Re:It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts expl... by Spooky23 on Friday August 10, 2018 @03:07PM (#17735972)

That's what happens when you subsidize farmers in a few counties in California and eliminate the produce industry nationwide.

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