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How do we solve the obesity crisis? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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According to some sources, at least 1 in 8 of the world population is classified as ‘obese’. Since nobody in any government seems to have thought up a working solution, what do you believe can be done to solve the epidemic?

the alleged definition of obesity

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[–] 35 points 3 days ago (9 children)

And not just fresh fruit and veg, but a variety of good quality fresh fruit and veg. Red delicious apples are cheap fresh fruit, zucchini is cheap fresh veg, but you won't enjoy eating your fruit and veg if all you're getting is nasty apples and zucchini.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    I feel like we could do a lot by simply removing the sales taxes from raw vegetables and non-exotic fruits.

    That would be a government subsidy, but it would be a subsidy primed to go towards the consumer.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago*

    if all you’re getting is nasty apples

    Growing up I thought I didn't prefer apples. It turns out I just don't like the most common apple that was fed to me. "Red Delicious" is false advertising. Fuji, Jazz, Honeycrisp, Yellow Delicious, Pink Lady, are all far far superior. I'll even eat a Gala apple even thought those are just okay. Red Delicious apples are trash tier apples.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

    I like red delicious apples. I like all varieties of apples. The hate comes from familiarity and snobbery. It's like coffee, cigars, and wine--marketing and price is the only real difference. One isn't worse than the other, we're just taught that. Every variety of apple can become mealy if left tool long, but people associate that with RD because that's the apple they had as kids and sometimes they were mealy, and kids are very sensitive to differences in their food.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    Nah, the hate for Red Delicious comes from the fact that they've been bred to look good and have a long shelf life instead of having good flavor. They used to taste better, but due to the industrialization of farming, orchards were paid more for better looking apples. Eventually, the cultivar developed into the modern Red Delicious, which has a thick skin and starchy texture that resists bruising during machine handling.

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