The idea is nice, but it seems to be tracking junk food, which you probably shouldn't eat and can easily avoid.
I'd be more interested in home goods such as soap, detergent; and food staples.
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#32Would be nice to have the actual owning organisations in there. i bet these are largely subsidiaries of the same mother company.
This was my reaction too. I'd like to see which conglomerates and their divisions are the worst offenders. To break it down by brands alone makes it hard to identify who to name and shame.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, GP is absolutely correct, all the people in the developing world who can't afford food are much healthier than those of us in the West, that live long enough and eat enough to deal with diseases of obesity that primarily affect one after 60 years of age. /s
The context is not affording junk food, not not affording food. Most burgers qualify as junk food.
Sure. Starvation is more deadly than obesity however, and globally more prevalent.
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#35So is shrinkflation actually included in official inflation numbers? If all bars of soap in the country become smaller by 10%, does 'official' inflation number go up? Are the folks tracking official inflation index equipped to measure all the various products per kilo, etc?
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
The context is not affording junk food, not not affording food. Most burgers qualify as junk food.
Sure. Starvation is more deadly than obesity however, and globally more prevalent.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and...
>In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese.
>39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese.
https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-h...
>The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
I would bet the obesity numbers have greatly increased since 2016.
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#37I don't particularly care about shrinkflation. It gets calculated in the CPI (obviously) and most of the time it's goods that are unhealthy and overpriced to begin with.
> most of the time it's goods that are unhealthy and overpriced to begin with
Like British housing, horribly overpriced and half of it has mould.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure. Starvation is more deadly than obesity however, and globally more prevalent.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and... >In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese. >39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese. https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-h... >The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021 I wou…
What wonder, we've nearly conquered hunger if obesity has finally become more prevalent than starvation. I stand corrected. Nonetheless, starvation is more directly harmful/deadly. Obesity may kill you eventually, starvation will kill you in relatively short order.
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#40Would be nice to have the actual owning organisations in there. i bet these are largely subsidiaries of the same mother company.
I remember using this app[0] on my phone years ago, I just checked and they have an API. I'm not sure, but if I recall correctly this allowed you to scan barcodes of things and warn you if they are sub-brand or subsidiary of [evil company you wish to avoid].