Obesity has become the most common form of malnutrition in the majority of countries

It's hard to find "fit" people anymore. Walking around some grocery stores is mind blowing. I honestly feel bad for people. The "food" we have is shit and life is getting busier and busier.

I work on OpenFoodFacts, and the big issue is simply the amount of saturated fats and refined sugars there are in a lot of processed foods.

Like, sure, people have to be held personally responsible to some extent, but it should also be on the government to properly regulate how foods are advertised. I really appreciate the Nutriscore system that's being pushed for in Europe despite the flaws it has, and here in Canada they've been making some changes in how certain products are shown on shelves such as requiring labeling if they're high in sugar or fats and changing the previous confusing labels for energy drinks with a more easy-to-read Supplemental Food Facts label.

End of the day though, if something is still being labelled as being "healthy" when it really isn't, that's all it takes to fool the average consumer unfortunately. Stuff like Lucky Charms shouldn't be advertised to kids as "part of a complete breakfast", and it's absurd that a lot of "healthier" alternatives to certain foods are being advertised that way despite only being barely any better than the original product, like turkey bacon or veggie straws.

Just a few things come to mind :

• Lobbyists stopping sugar taxes.
• Big Pharma and health industry making tons of money.
• European Union being very tolerant about pesticides.
• Supermarkets putting candy close the counters where parents with kids are in queue.
• Lots of people spending most of their time on mobile phones only exercising the muscles of their eyes.

I am happy that an organisation like Foodwatch exists : https://www.foodwatch.org/en/foodwatch-international

Capitalism has brought prosperity and wealth to rational actors across the entire globe!

Yep we all eat too much. I started counting calories and found out that I was eating twice as much as I should have. It's not obvious and every place serves big portions.

But we can't seem to feed all children 3 meals a day in the US.

It's really frustrating, in my country not only are we the most obese in the region, we're also the most diabetic. A huge double whammy that's burdening the healthcare system

Too much nutrition!

Thank you for the recommendation! I actually make some of these without realizing- one of my go tos is sheet pan shawarma bowls.

"Living with obesity" 🙄