Diets of People Worldwide are Worsening Despite Improved Access to “Healthy” Food

True, initially, the animals and plants now harvested for introduction into the food supply many have been healthier than they were in former times. But then again, maybe not--Mad Cow Case Confirmed In Alberta. Most of the evidence, so far however, does seem to indicate that we have developed some superior strains of both animals and plants; plus, or so it is generally claimed disease, sanitation and pest control, have both been improved. Unfortunately, due to handling, processing, and marketing standards the food products produced from them are not.

Poor food choices-Health Depriving Diets Can Be Curbed By Taxpayers DEMANDING Government Action—DEMANDING that Governments??? and the grossly overpaid politicians entrusted to the job of ADMINISTERING to the affairs of our country do at least some small part of their job.

If Taxpayers DEMANDED the Regulating Food Advertising; most of all if taxpayers DEMANDED the enforcing laws against deliberate introduction dangerous bacteria, by products, viruses and other material into animal foods-including human; and, by NOT allowing politicians to look for another TAX-better described as: another way of padding their own wallet the government would be forced to actually do something worthwhile in the way of helping improve the situation.

 There may be more fruit, vegetables and health friendly options available than ever before, but the world is mostly hungry for tasty convenient nutritious, non-fattening ready prepared Not The Presently Government Endorsed And Promoted, Global Free Trade Junk Food GARBAGE Now Being Forced Upon Them, according eating habits in nearly 190 countries.

International researchers combed through more than 320 self-reported diet surveys from 1990 to 2010 and looked at how often people said they ate 17 common foods, drinks and nutrients including health SUPPORTIVE choices like fruits, vegetables and fish and unhealthier alternatives like salt, processed meats and /or other “snacks” and sugary drinks.

Experts found that even though people are eating more health friendly foods –of course, we all realise, the foods, themselves, are neither healthy or unhealthy-including whole grains nor fish, there has been an even bigger jump in the amount of highly processed, additive saturated, TRUE JUNK FOOD eaten. The study was paid for by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Britain's Medical Research Council and was published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet Global Health, as part of an obesity series.

Some Other key Findings About Our Diets:

·        Poor, unwise, dietary choices are now a greater threat to global health than tobacco .

·        Older adults ate better than younger adults and women ate healthier than men.

·        Some of the best nutritional improvements were seen in Mongolia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

·        Countries needing to curb their junk food habits included Bosnia, Armenia and the Dominican Republic, NORTH AMERICA.

·        There was a mixed picture in Canada and the United States of the Americas, with increases both wise health friendly and not so wise not so health friendly dietary choices.

·        Westerners are, STILL the biggest eaters of highly processed additive saturated garbage junk food. However, China and India are catching up due to the fact that their politicians and more ‘DEMOCRATID” style governments have been allowed to step in and scam additional self-profit.

Government researchers have found that in some countries in Africa and Asia, there has been no improvement in their diet -or in government Tax Revenue during the past 20 years. Politicians now claim "We can't leave it unchecked”.

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