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Ultra-processed food as a percentage of household purchases by EU country.

@keccers.eth this is why I said northern EU countries (especially UK) cannot be taken as an example for EU food quality. (Malta is strongly influenced by UK colonisation)

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And This is cultural! My cast is making fun of the people that basically think if we copy EU laws we will get the results of France — we won’t

I know, but the original discussion was prompted by the statistics regarding obesity. And it’s hard to infer much from one map published by The Guardian seven years ago.

(my point is that it’s a bit more complicated than just culinary culture, as clearly socioeconomic factors are also at play here)

Obesity is not strictly correlated with the quality of food. There are a lot of lazy people in Italy who eat junk food (we like mcdonalds too).

The percentages of the map are for what people buy to consume food at home.

It is already very high. I’m impressed. I thought people ate better in Europe

I know that Italy has very strict laws in what's legal to sell and this surely is a good barrier to avoid certain products. 

Tho for overweight, there are many unhealthy way of living that we are embracing everywhere, which is not just related to ultra processed food

wow. that is surprising …
any correlation with the price of non processed food?! is it more expensive in the UK?!