I hear that a lot, and it simply isn't true. A bag of apples is cheap, so is a bag of beans, a bag of rice, a bag of potatoes, etc.
Some of the cheapest foods in the supermarket are an ordinary can of beans. Milk is cheap, too.
It is possible to lose weight eating only at McDonald's but it takes effort.
The fact that Americans drink about 40 gallons of soda a year on average HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING GO AWAY.
(I'd love to do the math if all caloric sodas in the USA had corn syrup removed and fake sugars added what the result would be)
How much is 40 gallons? 426 12 oz cans of soda, 35.5 dozen cans, or 256 20oz bottles of soda.
I wonder if the bad quality of the majority of tap water has an effect on soda consumption. How much less soda would we drink if every residence had on-site water filtration?
That's a complete lie. It's way cheaper to purchase healthy ingredients and cook than to get fast food. It's completely cultural.
If humans behave rationally and eating healthy is cheaper and healthier why don’t more people do it?
It's a matter of culture.
Friends in the US drove school buses during the day and worked at Wendy's at night, only to give back a substantial part of what they earned to Wendy's to cover their dinner there. They didn't even realize what slavery they were caught up in.