“Structural interventions are urgent because the underlying problem isn’t just about individual choice, says Daphene Altema-Johnson, program officer for food communities and public health at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for a Livable Future. While Americans of all economic classes eat meals loaded with added sugars and fats, dietary quality correlates inversely with income. For the millions of Americans in underpaid front-line jobs with the highest risk of coronavirus exposure, ultraprocessed food is cheap and convenient. “
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I would say: Counter a sedentary lifestyle with regular adequate exercise. spend at least 30% of the money you use for your food purchases on fresh fruit and vegetables, use sugar and fat only in small amounts, and avoid buying processed food as much as possible! I’d say even people on low incomes can follow these rules if they really make up their minds to it! Let’s hope, that in future more and more people are going to adopt healthier lifestyles! 🙂
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Aunty I would amend that advice to remove the word “fat.” Animal fat isn’t bad for you. This is a myth that was started in the 1950s on doctored evidence. It’s vegetable and trans fats (oil and coconut oil excepted) that are strongly linked to cancer. And research shows the low fat, high carbohydrate diet is directly linked to the current epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes. See https://stuartbramhall.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/the-taboo-against-animal-fat/
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That is interesting. I never buy margarine, only ‘real’ butter, and for oil I only use olive oil. I think animal fat is alright, but I try to use it only in small amounts! 🙂
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