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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

almost every corner of the US you will find basic ingredients (eg rice, beans, carrots, celery, corn, potatoes, pasta) are way less expensive than the pre-prepared slop in boxes

Someone never heard about food deserts.

People are addicted to that sugary shit and actively choose it

Way to victim-blame both addicts and people with little to no healthy choices available.

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gears@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

However, a number of studies suggest that poor health in “food deserts” is primarily caused by differences in demand for healthy food, rather than differences in availability.

Low healthy food demand == choosing sugar

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- Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  First of all, that’s one “devils advocate however” in an article full of information to the contrary.
  
  Second of all, I’d be interested in seeing who funded those studies. Lobbying groups for different unhealthy foods as well as grocery stores looking for excuses to not cater to poor people often fund junk studies that say exactly what they want them to. Just like Big Tobacco did and political groups still do.
  
  Third, addiction still ≠ choice and sugar is more addictive than most narcotics.
  
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mob@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Huh, guess I might technically live in a food dessert

low-income census tracts that are more than one mile from a supermarket in urban or suburban areas and more than 10 miles from a supermarket in rural areas.

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- SuperIce@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  More than 1 mile in suburban areas is extremely common, but I wouldn’t consider most of them to be good desserts.
  
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