Factory Food :: By HANNAH FAIRFIELD :: The New York Times

[Star Tiffany]

Very interesting chart in this article. Good visuals on the amount of processed food we eat and the lack of veggies. Is the new idea fresh simple food?

"No country has embraced the movement toward commercialized, prepackaged food as much as the United States.

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Americans eat 31 percent more packaged food than fresh food, and they consume more packaged food per person than their counterparts in nearly all other countries. A sizable part of the American diet is ready-to-eat meals, like
frozen pizzas and microwave dinners, and sweet or salty snack foods. ..."

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