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- Baked Goods - Beverages - Processed Meat and Seafood - Salty or Sugary Snacks - Frozen Desserts - Processed Fruit and Vegetables But individuals make the ultimate buy/no buy decision, so they choose: - A 42-oz. cola over water or unsweetened iced tea - A pancake-wrapped burger over a salad - Half-pound of fries over jicama - Double latte over black coffee - A doughnut over wheat toast - Extra large bacon, sausage, pepperoni pizza over a medium vegetarian pizza According to a report funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, no country has reported success in reducing obesity in the past 33 years. But we are watching more back-to-back segments of more and more reality shows with a big pile of comfort food close at hand. And you wonder why cooking shows are big favorites along with watching other people challenge each other. That tells us something isn’t working. Maybe a better use of AI than serving up more friends’ photos or formula entertainment would be a nudge to push folks away from the table/screen sooner and get them up to go to the club or just make them walk around. Instead of wringing their hands in frustration over our “obesogenic environment,” really smart folks could develop solutions that actually help beyond the one approach that seems to really work well – bariatric surgery (whacking out a big chunk of the stomach, rerouting the intestines). Gotta be a better, easier approach. Or, as Morgan Spurlock warned, “If you decide to keep living this way, go ahead. Over time, you may find yourself getting as sick as I did. And you may wind up here.” But look on the bright side … a self-driving car can take you there.