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 jreilly89 wrote:
We need to solve not only the personal responsibility to eat healthier, but make food actually be healthy. I cannot remember the last time I had an apple that tasted like what it was supposed to. And the name "heirloom tomatoes" should terrify you, if you truly understand what it means. Working at a grocery store, especially in the produce section, is terrifying

It's funny, there is a supermarket that has just opened in my city. It's called hiSbe. Everything in the shop is fair-trade, I believe most stuff is organic, and all the produce is sourced locally from local farms and industry. Everything is seasonal, everything is sustainable, and there is much less waste packaging. It's actually a really fantastic place, and I try and buy stuff there whenever I can. It isn't even expensive. The problem is it's about 100 feet from an Aldi, which is the complete opposite. Everything is cheap (like 1980s prices) and you don't want to know where it's from.

When I do go in hiSbe, I get annoyed that there is hardly anyone in there. When I go in Aldi I get annoyed that you can hardly move in there. I feel very lucky that there is a shop like hiSbe close to me. Not just because I'm a self righteous jerk, but because it gives me a choice. If I want something that isn't processed or something that comes from local farms, then I have a place to get that. The problem is that choice will be taken away if other people don't support it, and the truth is people don't. People walk straight past hiSbe to go do their shopping at Aldi, because it's cheaper, it doesn't matter that you get what you pay for. People won't even help themselves.

 jreilly89 wrote:
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In short: yes, people are fat because they eat too much and don't exercise, but eating crappy food and exercising won't make it better.

Yes it will.

It can make you weigh less, but it won't make you healthier.

That's why you can have fat and skinny people who are still malnourished.