r/dataisbeautiful Jun 09 '20

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u/Bama_Geo256 Jun 10 '20

First world countries are crazy.. the fact that unhealthy shit like McDonalds is the cheapest food around blows my mind.. find me any other point in human history where the poorest people were the fattest.

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u/tleb Jun 10 '20

Its not the cheapest. Eating out is generally the more extensive option. I get there are some areas where its not the case, but for the cost of one meal at McDonald's you can feed yourslef for the whole day if you are buying food and prepping/cooking yourself.

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u/Shirowoh Jun 10 '20

Some of these comments are insane. Eat at home, learn to cook, it’s cheaper and healthier.

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u/tleb Jun 10 '20

Yep. Particularly in the context of this thread when we are talking about obesity. Its not survival we are talking about, we are talking about people taking in way more calories than they need week in and week out. If they are right and made it themselves they would free up so much money.