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Re:Adult Obesity Facts by woodruffw on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:45PM (#28330016)
> Fortunately, the U.S. has plenty of each, to accommodate multiple preferences.

As of 2010, close to 24 million Americans lived in a "food desert"[1], i.e. an area without adequate access to healthy eating choices. These areas are disproportionately lower SES areas, and the people in them don't get to have a "preference"; the decision is being made for them.

Edit: Here's a paper explaining the correlation and absence of choice in detail[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

[2]: https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/66/4/216/1...

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Re:Adult Obesity Facts by paulddraper on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:08PM (#28330349)
My point was the the U.S. has plenty of each place.

So, yeah, that's exactly my point.

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Re:Adult Obesity Facts by woodruffw on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:52PM (#28330916)
Your point is that food deserts are evidence of preference? That doesn’t make a lot of sense: privation is defined by the absence of actual choice.
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