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tHE fOoD iS bETteR iN EUrOpE https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/23/majority-children-overweight-obese-nine-areas-england-by-2035-study

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England probably more like America than the rest of Europe though

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Alberto Ornaghi

the issue is not in food laws, the issue is that northerns states of Europe (like UK, Netherlands, etc etc) don't have a food culture. they simply don't cook. they inject food to survive. they buy processed and already cooked food and eat it at home. ok, I'm Italian and I'm biased on food, but come on, taking UK as an example of food is an oxymoron.

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England is not a european country it is in the anglosphere.

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I believe it to be from my own experience. I don't know what those kids are eating, or how much, or if the authors are real since I just glanced at a headline. I do know, however, that I feel better after eating over there (the breads in particular). Less dyes, fewer craptastic additives, whatever it is.

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Would you believe, my friend, that when we first moved from Australia to the US, we both put on so much weight even though we were mostly eating the exact same products from the same brands as what we ate in Australia? It was wild. One thing I found really confusing was the food labels in the US. In Aus they have 'per serving' and next to it 'per 100g' so you can totally compare any items. In the US they only have 'per serving' which is totally up to the company to determine.

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crazy stat, i thought it might have just been an england thing as i knew they had a much higher obesity rate than most of EU in adults some years ago. but i checked for spain and it really is as bad in kids. but the adult figures for spain are ~50% overweight which is hard to believe, it really didn't seem noticeable when i lived there

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The guardian is a shambolic news source.

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Just in time for soylent green production

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Also does UK still count as being part of Europe? Last time I checked they said good bye to the system they initially invented 🤣 But also agree with some of the other comments that there is a lack of food AND eating culture which has been instilled by the idea it is not as important as work and revenue generating measures in our daily lives…

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with all fairness, i dont think anyone refers england when they say europe

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Nobody, literally nobody, is talking about England when they say this.

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it's always been laughable to me living in france that euros think their *standard* food is so much better than in the US - the amount of processed and junk foods people eat here is comparable, and the only real difference is prices (higher), portion sizes (smaller) and income (lower) it's just that the euros on these english language platforms tend to be the upper middle class so they're predisposed to thinking, "of course everyone shops at farmers' markets, stays away from fast food and is mindful of eating the best ingredients, like me"

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There’s bad food everywhere if we’re being honest

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I think portion quality probably has a bigger impact than food quality

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All I can say is my kids eat better and like more fruit and veg than I did their age and growing up, it’s one of the things I’m proud of as a parent is getting their eating habits off to a good start. Hopefully the carry it on as they get older.

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England is a disgrace to all things food

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I believe the UK is the most obese country in Europe (I think there are a few balkan countries just as bad - if you want to count them). But the obesity rate is still 2/3 of that in the US. Opposite end of the spectrum are France, Spain, Italy - broadly romance culture countries where the obesity rates are much lower.

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I think it’s “dairy “ mindset plus screen habit. And bread brings more calories maybe

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Brexit has not been a good thing.

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