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True Inflation, Company Profits, and COLA's..and Why I Am Voting No.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1129295" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>While it's true that it's much cheaper to eat unhealthy foods, it's largely a misnomer that the high cost of fresh food is forcing people to eat cheap, unhealthy junk food, hence the obesity epidemic.</p><p></p><p>People ARE eating healthier -- volume sales of baked goods, packaged snack cakes, sodas, snacks such as chips, etc. are at or near historic lows. The problem is that our society is increasingly cooking less, and turning toward prepared convenience foods, as well as eating out, more. Take a look at how grocery stores have changed -- over the past 20 years, they've gotten larger but shelf space dedicated toward cooking basics has grown more barren. And while convenient, many of these heat-and-serve items are loaded with calories (as well as preservatives that some speculate causes the body to store food). </p><p></p><p>Obviously the same's true of dining out, whether it's sit down or fast food. If you're fortunate enough to have a Five Guys near you, a burger & fries has more than 2,500 (!) calories -- and 3,000 if you add a soda. And while many split, many don't. It also creates the effect of distorting the perception on what a serving really should be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1129295, member: 43436"] While it's true that it's much cheaper to eat unhealthy foods, it's largely a misnomer that the high cost of fresh food is forcing people to eat cheap, unhealthy junk food, hence the obesity epidemic. People ARE eating healthier -- volume sales of baked goods, packaged snack cakes, sodas, snacks such as chips, etc. are at or near historic lows. The problem is that our society is increasingly cooking less, and turning toward prepared convenience foods, as well as eating out, more. Take a look at how grocery stores have changed -- over the past 20 years, they've gotten larger but shelf space dedicated toward cooking basics has grown more barren. And while convenient, many of these heat-and-serve items are loaded with calories (as well as preservatives that some speculate causes the body to store food). Obviously the same's true of dining out, whether it's sit down or fast food. If you're fortunate enough to have a Five Guys near you, a burger & fries has more than 2,500 (!) calories -- and 3,000 if you add a soda. And while many split, many don't. It also creates the effect of distorting the perception on what a serving really should be. [/QUOTE]
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