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[–] piefedderatedd@piefed.social 89 points 6 months ago (34 children)

Just a few things come to mind :

  • Lobbyists stopping sugar taxes.
  • Big Pharma and health industry making tons of money.
  • European Union being very tolerant about pesticides.
  • Supermarkets putting candy close the counters where parents with kids are in queue.
  • Lots of people spending most of their time on mobile phones only exercising the muscles of their eyes.

I am happy that an organisation like Foodwatch exists : https://www.foodwatch.org/en/foodwatch-international

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)
  • US restaurant portions are humongous. I thought it was exaggerated until I passed through, God damn that's a lot of food.
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My wife and I share an entrée and an appetizer here in the US because there's no way anyone is meant to eat our portion sizes. We tip well to not look cheap, but Jesus Christ I don't need a full rack of ribs and 5 lbs of french fries.

[–] Alfredo_DisguidoAlCazzo@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We tip well not to look cheap. LoL

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I know, I know. The most American sentence of all time.

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