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TIL only 3% of manufactured foods sold in the U.S. are deemed "healthy" by the Food and Drug Administration (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/[email protected]

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Raw foods such as fruits and vegetables are not part of this 3% because they are not manufactured.

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[+] LemmyIsFantastic -15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Meh. Good food is cheap and available to 95% of the population. It's a choice.

[–] FlyingSquid 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If a single mom with three kids works two jobs and lives in a food desert, it is unreasonable to expect her to also cook healthy meals from scratch. She likely has neither the time nor the energy.

And this is a big part of the problem.

[+] LemmyIsFantastic -11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So you went right to that 5% 🤣

Yes, there is a small portion of the US and other countries with food deserts. The US should do everything in its power to fix that. It's fucked up. You're talking 4-8% depending on who you talk to.

And I would love for child care and assistance for MOST parents, not just single mom's. $2400 a month for daycare is motherfucking insane. But there are according to a quick Google 15M kids to single moms in the US , 18 if you include dads you sexiest (I'm kidding here). That's like 3% of the population.

Most people have time to make food and we should support those that don't. But people are also just lazy and choose convenience.

[–] FlyingSquid 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The United States has now hit the worst levels of hunger in decades with 54 million Americans having no reliable access to food.

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New analysis from the Association of American Medical Colleges and USDA shows that 54 million people are food insecure and 23.5 million live in food deserts. This means that 1 in 6 Americans struggles to eat daily. The country is now facing the worst levels of food insecurity since the USDA first started measuring this metric in 1995.

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High food prices also cause food insecurity. If you live in one of America’s many rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, you may have seen a Whole Foods pop up. While some have playfully rebranded Whole Foods as “Whole Paycheck,” the costs at these types of supermarkets can be ruinous for families that can’t afford to shop there, especially if other more affordable grocery stores get pushed out. This means that a low-income family living in a region of high-priced grocery stores effectively lives in a food desert.

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Groceries sold in food deserts are often far more expensive than those sold in cities or suburban areas. For example, milk prices in food desert tend to be 5% higher and cereal prices 25% higher. This is because getting the food to the regions in the first place can be expensive, leading to higher shelf prices that get passed on to consumers.

https://www.socialpolicylab.org/post/grow-your-blog-community

I don't know where you got your 3% from, but I'm guessing you just made it up without checking.

[–] Whirling_Ashandarei 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fuckin dunked on emmm

[–] LemmyIsFantastic -3 points 9 months ago

Fake news achktually.