How did unhealthy food become the cheapest food?

It’s not so much that unhealthy food became cheap, it’s that cheap food is generally cheap because it’s made of unhealthy or undesirable things. For instance, hot dogs are often made from all sorts of leftover bits and pieces of pigs and cows that no one in their right mind would choose to eat in their normal forms. read more

In public conversations about obesity and health, we wonder why people, especially the poor, don't buy healthier food. But the explanation isn't that complicated; a dollar doesn't buy much, and what it does buy isn't particularly nutritious or healthy. read more

In sum, it has become too hard to be healthy in America largely because it is so expensive to purchase good food. Subsidies are one of the major reasons for this disparity in price between wholesome options and their junk-food counterparts. read more