Comment by jmclnx
2 hours ago
Diet. When I was younger than 16, we and everyone had home cooked meals every day, no choice. Places like McDonalds did not start showing up in my area when I was 12 or 13.
As time went on, divorce rates increased and/or both spouses were forced to work full time, meals gravitated towards fast and/or ultra-processed food. Why ? The parents had no time to cook.
So here we are.
I wish the article had rates based upon household income too. I kind of expect the children of the very rich is avoiding this trend because they could have servants/hired caregivers cooking for them.
That's an interesting idea however McDonalds has been around since 1940 even if it has not been available to you for very long. I think it must be something else.
While the comment is phrased like it could say that, I don't think that you are responding to the right point.
The point was that people eat fewer freshly prepared meals than before. And while I'm on the go, so I won't research a study, I'm pretty sure this is true.
Additional points:
- street food in Western countries is never really nourishing, almost exclusively fat, sugar, meat protein and processed white bread
- quality of fast food has gone down the drain on top of that, at least here
- not enough daily physical activity
- lots of stressful jobs without physical activity
I do get it. People have not been eating fresh foods since at least the 1970's. Fast food has been prevalent and popular since the 70's.
Something else changed in the last few years. One of these things is not like the other.
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