BeepTeens using AI meal plans could be eating too few calories — equivalent to skipping a meal
paraphrandI wonder how much of this comes from dieting nonsense on Reddit and blogs.
orgWell, since over 40% of the world is considered overweight … maybe we should have fewer calories.
If that 60% of people who aren’t weren’t occupied with working hard not to starve they might take offense to your use of “we”
(Satire)
Food isn’t expensive - high quality food is. Junk is cheap which is why obesity is especially issue with low-income families. Nobody is starving.
I don’t know where you live, but where I live junk is stupid fucking expensive compared to veggies, and an increasing number of people are still overweight. A single 300-350g frozen pizza will set you back at least 6EUR, I can easily buy fresh veggies for a meal to feed a family of 4 people for 12EUR, that takes 30min to prepare, less if you try to save money. I simply don’t buy in to the whole cost premise being the reason.
3 euros worth of vegetables almost definitely doesn’t have the same calorie content than 3 euros worth of any junk food. This is true independent of where you live in the western world.
Exactly, so obesity is not a cost issue
Yeah because poor people are famously known for switching to home cooked vegan meals which naturally decreases their calorie intake.
No if course not, but that is something entirely different that cost being the issue
Cost isn’t the only issue but it plays a big factor and this is a well established fact I didn’t think I’d even need to debate.
High calorie and low nutrition food (processed snacks, sugary drinks, fast food, refined carbs, and added fats/sugars) are cheaper per calorie than their nutrient-dense higher quality counterparts (fresh vegetables, fruits, lean proteins, whole grains, etc.).
It is not “well established”, your own link only lists it as one possibility out of several, and is by no means conclusive.
also from your source:
Limited time and resources: Another theory suggestsTrusted Source that people with low food security have limited time, knowledge, and resources to engage in healthy eating and exercise.
This is a highly complex issue, and cost doesn’t seem to be the main driver at all, definitely not conclusively.