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The government has got on its high horse re: child obesity ...? |
Who agrees that healthy foods should be fairly priced so everyones child can receive healthy meals ,fresh fruit , veg & fish etc . Good quality food is pricey ... I know you can get shops own value brand but not all of it is appealing . Not wanting to be offensive but its the parents with less cash who`s kids diet may be suffering here . . No abusive answers please ... Trying hard not to be abusive - just have strong opinions!! A kilo of FRESH potatoes is cheaper than a kilo of frozen chips....a couple of chicken breasts are cheaper & healthier than a dozen McNuggets. I can & do cook over 90% of the meals for my family from scratch. It is FAR cheaper, healthier & tastier than buying a load of frozen pizza, fish fingers, beans to pander to your kids...and destroy their health in the process. It IS possible to eat well on a budget without resorting to 'value' brands that are just junk / filler by being selective. Buy cheaper cuts of fresh meat...no need for Sirloin or Fillet for a stew!!, buy vegetables in 'bulk' - a 15 / 30Kg bag of potatoes or onions will keep very well in a cool cupboard & costs MUCH less than buying a couple at a time. Avoid pre-packed fruit - buy loose. Frozen veg is cheap & plentiful and nutritionally very good if steamed and not boiled to virtual soup. Rice & pasta is as cheap as it gets - mixed with some other ingredients is excellent. In closing healthy foods ARE fairly priced - it's just the lazy masses that demand unhealthy, so-called 'fast foods' and have a false sense of value. I'd rather serve up a smaller portion of food KNOWING that it's good quality than twice the amount that is one grade above dog food. Don't be so blinkered - look at the produce out there...get in the kitchen & make something of it!! I agree some of the healthy stuff is way too high I agree, it should be cheaper for all of us to eat healthily. A tax on junk food would help, if fresh foods were made cheaper. I don't believe that healthy foods are more expensive than the standard fare found in most markets. Childhood obesity will become a life long problem if not addressed. One simply has to choose foods carefully. The big issue about obesity is not necessarily diet, it is excercise. Kids of today need to get away from their computers and bedrooms and get out and do some excercise - it is a free activity. Fresh fruit doesn't cost that much in Tesco. But yeah I agree with you. But what can we do aslong as 'rich' people pay these prices then shops are not going to lower the price. How about food stamps being used towards healthy products only? You'd be surprised at what garbage is an allowed item on food stamps programs. I don't think it's so much the money as it is the choices people make. I did an experiment in which one week - I purchased one weeks worth of food, garbage items such as frozen dinners for lunch at the office and dinner at home, potato chips, etc. The following week, I purchased fresh items, fresh/frozen green beans, broccoli, chicken cuts, beef cuts, etc, that had to be prepared - I didn't spend significantly more for the healthy choices. Some choices, such as rice, beans, etc, are dirt cheap and a good side dish, and it stays good just about forever. What you usually end up spending the money on is fancy items such as steamers and so forth to steam your vegetables. Easy way around this - Metal colander and a pot with a lid. Cheap, easy to clean steamer. If people would spend a little more time thinking rather than being influenced by advertising and marketing, people would see there's easy ways around spending money on fancy items. To the guy below that says he hardly sees obese children, then you aren't looking hard enough. I see quite a number of excessively overweight children and adults day in and day out, and this is in Florida, the "Good Looks Come First" capitol of the world. |
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