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by UncleEntity
2925 days ago
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> The pressure Walmart put on food manufactures to drop prices played a significant role in the malnutrition and obesity in the us. Making food less expensive is bad? Never really understood that argument but maybe it's just me... There are studies on the percentage of income a family spends on food today vs. some time in the past (with "time" depending on whatever study you look at) and it has steadily declined. Less money spent on food == more money to spend on some other necessary thing to live a quality life. Also, I'd put more blame on the USDA[0] for "obesity in the us" than Wallyworld selling people what they want to buy. People grow up believing in the Food Pyramid and end up becoming overweight through a "well balanced diet" dreamed up through regulatory capture. [0]https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-bailor/obesity-epide... -- note: #1 result on the google for "food pyramid obesity" is the huffpo so it has to be true... |
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Making equivalent food lower cost is good. Reducing food quality to reduce price is bad.