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Latin America is leading worldwide opposition to food industry marketing, and The Nation has a story on how much is happening in Brazil.
[...] Over the last 30 years, big transnational food companies have aggressively expanded into Latin America. Taking advantage of economic reforms that opened markets, they've courted a consumer class that has grown in size due to generally increasing prosperity and to antipoverty efforts like minimum-wage increases and cash transfers for poor families. And as sales of highly processed foods and drinks have plateaued (and even fallen, in the case of soda) in the United States and other rich countries, Latin America has become a key market.
[...] In recent years, Brazil has inscribed the right to food in its Constitution and reformed its federal school-lunch program to broaden its reach while bolstering local farms.
And, in 2014, the Ministry of Health released new dietary guidelines that made healthy-food advocates across the world swoon. [...] The guidelines transcend a traditional nutrition-science framework to consider the social, cultural, and ecological dimensions of what people eat. They also focus on the pleasure that comes from cooking and sharing meals and frankly address the connections between what we eat and the environment.
This is precisely the kind of holistic, unambiguous advice that US food reformers hoped to see in our new dietary guidelines, which were released in January. But for the most part, the latest version—which influences billions of dollars in government spending, the $5 trillion food industry, and the diets of millions of Americans—remains vague and narrowly focused, ensuring that no corporate ox was gored.
There is an infographic which nicely summarizes the differences between Brazil's and the USA's food policies and dietary recommendations.
(Score: 2) by richtopia on Thursday August 04 2016, @07:57PM
Cooking clean decent food is both easy and cheaper than eating out
Speak for yourself. Cooking for one is a pain in the ass that typically involves wasted food. It is cheaper as long as I don't bill myself for the time spent during the cooking.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by archfeld on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:16PM
I rarely spend more than 20-30 minutes cooking anything, whether it is for one or 3-4, and a trip to any fast food joint or even restaurant takes about the same time, but of course YMMV. I also do enjoy cooking and with a dish washer cleanup is quick and easy, but you are correct, if you don't like cooking or don't have a decent kitchen with utensils I could see where it could become a chore, and eating healthy while eating out is a much more difficult task. The secret to cooking for one is pre-portioning the things you buy at the store into small enough sizes to not waste food, and that takes time as well. I did not even factor in the couple of hours I spend every 2 weeks shopping, but it really doesn't seem onerous if you enjoy it.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by dry on Friday August 05 2016, @03:22AM
Another simple solution is to make larger batches and split it up into individual servings and freeze it. eg, make a big pot of spaghetti sauce, put it into small jars/baggies, freeze them. Then you just need to boil some pasta, heat your sauce and you have a quick meal.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Friday August 05 2016, @03:37AM
True, but some things don't freeze well, and I am not a big fan of leftovers. Spaghetti, and chili are the exceptions, I think both are better the day after they are made. Another option is to cook several meals on the week end and portion up for eating during the week when you are likely to be busier.
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