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.
Time and energy to prep meals is also a cost. I don’t know how it is in Europe, but in North America, the poor-but-employed segment of the population is often working multiple minimum wage jobs to stay afloat. Even if they know how to cook and have the tools to do so, they may be too tired when they get home to do more than pop a pizza in the oven.