This Reason That’s Pushing Americans to Become Obese Will Sound Familiar to You

Think about it, you go to the market and you are presented with two options: On the one hand, fresh fruits/vegetables full of vitamins and minerals, On the other hand, processed foods that are high in calories but low in nutritional value. Of course, the price of healthy ones is almost always higher.

“From where?” you ask. “Why is eating healthy so expensive?” This is exactly what we are pursuing. We will talk about why healthy eating in America burns the wallet and the underlying reasons for this situation.

Studies recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research found that consumers tend to believe that healthy foods are actually more expensive.

Studies have shown that intuition works in both directions. In the first study, when only price information was presented to consumers, a of the breakfast bar It has been shown that perceptions of whether it is healthy or not vary according to price: higher price = healthierlower price = less healthy.

In another study, consumers were asked to taste two similar chicken wraps. They were asked to choose the healthier one. “Sautéed When “Chicken Wrap” is priced at $8.95 and “Balsamic Sauce Chicken Wrap” is priced at $6.95, people instead of balsamic He chose sautéed.

That is, people actively become healthier because they believe it is healthier. expensive option they preferred.

But the cost of truly healthy options eats into their budget faster.

Let’s say you live in America and went to a supermarket, you have 10 dollars in your pocket. With this money you can buy a lot of donuts or a few apples. You get more calories with donuts, but that’s what we call calories not always good after all. Apples are full of fiber and vitamins.

The funny thing is that you have to eat a lot more apples to get the same amount of calories as a donut and therefore you spend more money It is necessary. That’s why many Americans who want to eat healthy are stuck with the cost barrier.

There are several reasons for the high price of healthy foods.

First of all, growing fresh fruits and vegetables is more important than processed foods. more costly. For example, while fresh strawberries must be picked by hand; Canned strawberries can be picked by machine. At work This extra effort is reflected in the prices.

Also government subsidies However, when we get involved, the issue gets even more complicated. The government generally supports crops such as wheat, soybean and corn. These products, processed foods main ingredients.

Conclusion? high fructose corn syrup and soybean oil Products containing it are cheaper and more accessible in the market.

Everything we have told you is also reflected in the food culture of Americans.

Americans on the Internet Foods that are strange to us You must have seen it. The Oreos they pour on top when making desserts are added to every meal. lots of cheddar We can list examples such as:

You can imagine that the ease of access to unhealthy products has made many Americans It drags you towards obesity. They even have a program for that… Yes, Dr. We are talking about Nowzaradan.

We have talked about America at such length, but Europe’s most obese country Let’s not forget to mention that it is Türkiye, because we share the same fate with them in this regard.

Even though they are like us stomach burning pastries and pastries Even though we don’t start eating breakfast, the biggest factor why we have this habit is just like America. The cost of healthy eating to be.

Eating healthy may have become a luxury, but this It is not an unchangeable fate. We are sure that the cost of healthy nutrition can be reduced with the joint efforts of the state, producers and consumers.

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