The Things You Never Knew About Moving Towards A Healthy Diet

We have this idea in our heads that moving towards a healthy diet is about making choices. We choose what to pick out of the fridge in the evening. We choose what snacks to grab throughout the day. And so on.

But there is a growing chorus of people who are saying precisely the opposite. People in public health have for years been arguing that choice doesn't even come into it. They blame our lack of healthy diet on our environment. And they don't see much of a role for individual choice at all.

They argue that our environment is obesogenic, or obesity-causing. There's a fast food outlet on every corner. Some neighborhoods are devoid of stores that sell produce. And people live lifestyles in which preparing food from scratch is no longer an option. On top of that, many make the argument that healthy food isn't even affordable. And all of that comes together to make healthy diets
The Things You Never Knew About Moving Towards A Healthy Diet