{"id":735,"date":"2011-05-26T13:46:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2019-09-25T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:38:52","slug":"how-the-food-industry-makes-us-overeat-the-economics-of-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/diet\/how-the-food-industry-makes-you-overeat\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Food Industry Makes Us Overeat- The Economics Of Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"

How The Food Industry Needs Us To Overeat- The Economics Of Obesity<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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In 2007-2008, when I first wrote this article, the prevalence of obesity in the American population was a staggering 32.2% among adult men and even higher at 35.5% among adult women.[1] Today that number stands at 40% of the adult population and it isn\u2019t a secret that the overabundance of food and the propensity towards overeating are key contributing factors to the lofty numbers of obese and overweight men, women and children here in the United States. \u00a0But few understand the economics of what brought us to this unfortunate juncture in our health history. Weight problems and the collection of metabolic related diseases that accompany it stem mainly from eating more calories than we need. It might be easy to fault lack of willpower as the main cause of our current weight gain conundrum, but is personal weakness really the only issue behind our tendency to overeat? Or are there significantly powerful external factors that we are made to ignore? A studious look at the economics of food production provides considerable insight into the fact that overeating and excessive consumption of processed foods isn\u2019t simply a matter of personal failing but are requirements for the continued success of the U.S. food industry in its current form.<\/p>\n

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Conspiracy theories abound about the government and I for one am not much of a conspiracy theorist. Unlike ideas of alien collaboration and the like, the role of the government in promoting overeating is very real and it isn\u2019t that difficult to explore.\u00a0 As disquieting as it may be, almost everything we hear or see relating to how and what we should eat is influenced in one way or another by major food conglomerates. From the seemingly obvious advertising via television, the internet and such to not-so-obvious processed-food-product-friendly studies, and government issued dietary guidelines. The fact that most of us are unaware of the effectiveness of advertising and public relations campaigns run by the food industry to make us eat more, is a testament to its success. Food companies spend upwards of 33 billion dollars a year promoting their products to the public, a figure that\u2019s hard for most of us to comprehend. Seventy percent of those funds are used to promote processed convenience foods, candy, snacks, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and desserts. Contrast that number with the meager 2.2% of the overall food advertising budget that goes towards the encouraging consumption of fruit, vegetables, grains or beans [2] and you begin to understand why people eat the way they do. The state of confusion experienced by most members of the public with regards to diet and what is or isn\u2019t healthy, isn\u2019t an accident, but rather a meticulously planned result of advertising and lobbying dollars. Consequently, more people believe they are eating healthy while overeating and consuming the very processed foods and beverages that lead to weight gain.<\/p>\n

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How The Food Industry Makes Us Overeat: Understanding The Impact of The Food Industry On Our Eating Habits<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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People often ask why would the food industry go to such ends to undermine public health and why does our government allow such things to happen? \u00a0Most dismiss the question with the overly simplistic refrain that food corporations are inherently evil. As tempting as such explanations may be, the question remains unanswered. We are then left unaware of the inner workings of a system that can often mislead us if we don\u2019t fully understand it.<\/p>\n

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When I started personal training twenty-seven years ago in Trinidad, there was never any mystery as to why some of the people who worked with me were overweight. They understood very clearly that their weight gain was caused by eating too much of the wrong foods. They could readily identify what those foods were. They also knew that remedying their situation meant regular exercise and eating a diet of natural foods, fruits and vegetables while avoiding processed food products. Now let\u2019s fast forward to my practice today in New York City, where over the last ten years most of the overweight individuals who start our training program don\u2019t understand how and why they put on weight. Many firmly believed that they followed a healthy diet and were baffled by their weight gain. But those diets always included processed food products. These refined products, marketed under the guise of a healthy food with a health claim, an organic, natural or gluten free label, do little but add an abundance of empty calories to the average American\u2019s diet and are carefully designed with measures of bliss points, optimal sweetness ratios, appealing mouth textures, and precise fat and salt contents so as to target the same parts of the brain that are activated during the use of heavily addictive drugs like cocaine. With a health label that makes the consumer feel less guilty about the organic, gluten free chocolate chip cookies made with natural ingredients and thus they pay more, but more importantly, they consume more. Given such deceit, it\u2019s hard not to see food corporations as evil troll-like being bent on destroying our health, but that\u2019s far too simple an explanation as the reality is far more complex than we tend to think.<\/p>\n

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Why do companies work so diligently to sabotage our health with messages of over-consumption of unhealthy foods? It has to do with economics and with the limitations of our profit driven society. Corporations are just that: corporations. They don\u2019t have conflicts of conscience or moral dilemmas as they aren\u2019t human beings capable of such abstractions. A corporation is an entity whose survival relies completely on its ability to amass growing profits for its shareholders. The ethics of any system usually revolve around what\u2019s required to sustain the life of said system and food corporations are no exception to this rule. Without profit, corporations eventually cease to exist and so, in the name of generating revenue, everything becomes fair game. With regards to food production here in the United States, there are two inter-related economic factors that most of us don\u2019t think about very often. They are:<\/p>\n

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How The Food Industry Makes Us Overeat: The Overabundance of Food and Its Effects on How the Food Industry Operates<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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The development of agricultural technologies have allowed American farmers (if you can still call them that) to become more efficient and productive while using less labor. Therefore, the American food supply is now large enough to feed everyone in the country twice- even after exports.[3] As encouraging as this may sound, it does impose some very finite limits- namely that there is more food being produced than people in this country can eat. Even the most voracious can only eat but so much, so in order to be successful, food companies not only have to aggressively promote their products as being superior but also must convince consumers to eat more of it. Much more. Economically speaking, overeating is a required condition for the survival of American food corporations because it is the only way they can turn large enough profits to satisfy their shareholders.<\/p>\n

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Tying in with the quandary of an overabundant food supply is the problem of limited market growth. With so many different products on the market, the annual growth rate of the food industry is only one or two percentage points. Thus, companies do their utmost to ensure that nothing interferes with this growth as it isn\u2019t very much to begin with. Hence, they spend billions not only in advertising but in influencing government officials, nutritional authorities and the media to either say that their products are healthy or say nothing that could be construed as negative about their products. Lobbyists from the industry pressure Congress to see that no restrictions are placed on the consumption of their foods. The government has little choice but to be swayed by such lobbies as food sales in the U.S. account for 8% of the gross national product which works out to more than a trillion dollars in sales.[3] Equally persuasive is the fact that the food industry employs 12% of the American labor force. So, Washington has no alternative but to look out for their interests – given the enormous impact food production has on the stability of our economy. We tend to see our government as a system designed to protect the interests of its citizens and forget that for our current society to continue, they must also consider the well-being of corporations within its borders.<\/p>\n

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How The Food Industry Makes Us Overeat: The Political Consequences Of Food Overproduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The American need to protect the prosperity of the food conglomerates politicizes all nutritional guidelines. Therefore, policies as words like \u2018eat less\u2019, \u2018don\u2019t eat\u2019 and \u2018bad foods\u2019 are vehemently opposed by lobby groups and seldom find their way into any public statements. Bear in mind that the government also supports financially the food industry to make sure that their profits remain high so it would be ludicrous to think that they would do anything to jeopardize an industry that they help sustain. Our tax dollars subsidize pricing supports, marketing and food promotion programs.\u00a0 So, it shouldn\u2019t be much of a surprise to learn that the government actively works to promote higher consumption levels of foods that may not necessarily be good for us. For example, the revelation during the past presidential administration, that the US Department of Agriculture had been working with fast food restaurants to increase the amount of cheese that people eat in pizzas while the administration policy was one of “war against obesity” is a classic example of this type of misdirection. However it isn’t unique to any one presidential administration, as this is simply the way it works and how it has always worked. The average citizen may not necessarily be aware that the government\u2019s public message isn\u2019t always congruent with what goes on behind closed doors but that’s how the government maintains a stable economy.<\/p>\n

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The Effects of Food Industry Advertising on Public Eating Habits<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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The influence of the American food industry doesn\u2019t stop with convincing Washington to promote their interests, but reaches deep into our very hearts and minds through omnipresent advertising. Cut throat public relations campaigns are essential in an environment where there is such an overabundance of product. Our enormously high food production rates here in the United States brings about fierce competition among brands. So much so that it creates giant conglomerates as companies merge as a way to reduce competition and increase overall influence. Small companies simply can\u2019t compete against monster corporations with billions in revenue and they are inevitably bought out and assimilated into the larger conglomerates. It\u2019s a perfectly legal activity but it does lead to some degree of deception on the consumer end as buying out the competition creates the illusion that consumers have more choices than they really do. Only three companies, Philip Morris (you might know them better as Kraft Foods and Miller Brewing), ConAgra and RJR-Nabisco accounted for 20% of the market in 1997.[3] With the growing popularity of organic foods, the corporate Goliaths were quick to step in and buy out almost all of the small scale organic farms and companies who made products that they public loved to support. You never get the memo announcing the sale, nor is there much of anything in the news as they do their best to keep any such acquisitions as quiet as possible. You\u2019ll just see your favorite local brands in more supermarkets than before in larger quantities with a significant increase in the amount of advertising for it. All geared towards making you eat more.<\/p>\n

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Why Making Junk Food Is An Important Part Of Keeping Profits High<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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In 2002, we had 320,000 different food items for sale here in the U.S. with one small problem- supermarket shelves only have room for 50,000 products.[4] Given such an outlandish surplus, foods today have to appeal to consumers while not costing too much as the American public as a whole is not willing to spend very much on what they eat. Americans spend less than 10% of their income on food- which might seem like a lot to those of us who live here, but it is far less than what is spent in other developed countries. Europeans spend 15-17% of their income in food, the Japanese spend 20% and people in poorer countries spend half to as much as 70% of their income on food.\u00a0 American consumers however will not tolerate such high food costs, and so to keep prices low, food producers cut corners whenever they can. This means using farming models that aren\u2019t always best practices for the environment or the animals involved, but ones that yield the most profit from lower overhead costs. Food producers also increase their profits by making more processed products. For example, by turning corn (which is dirt cheap and doesn\u2019t bring much in terms of mark up profit) into corn snacks (which are relatively expensive), they increase the value of a basic foods. That these foods are for the most part nutritionally worthless isn\u2019t the point- people will buy it, it doesn\u2019t cost much to make and the profit margins make it worthwhile. Thus cheap rice is made into expensive organic rice crackers and inexpensive potatoes become pricey chips and French fries.<\/p>\n

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It isn\u2019t possible to mark up the value of fresh fruit and vegetables very much other than giving it an organic label- but there are limits to how much consumers will pay for fruits and vegetables and they don\u2019t sell as well as processed foods. To make matters worse, vegetable growers get as little as 5% of the market value when you purchase produce in a store while poultry and meat producers get anywhere from 50 to 60% of the final retail costs. Again, the economics are stacked against healthy foods. So calls to action by eating more fruits and vegetables won\u2019t do much if food growers make such relatively little profits. Almost 70% of the 33 billion dollars spent on food advertising goes towards persuading the public to eat more candy, snacks, soft drinks, desserts and alcoholic beverages. The fruit, vegetable and grain sectors make up only 2.2%[2] of those advertising dollars while the USDA spends less than 300 million dollars a year on education on healthy eating. This number isn\u2019t completely an accurate figure as most of those funds go towards agricultural research projects so the total amount dedicated to promoting better food choices is far less. To say the odds are against the messages of not overeating and avoiding junk foods would be an understatement of the highest degree.<\/p>\n

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How The Food Industry Makes Us Overeat: The Ideal Consumer Is A Confused Consumer<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

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One of the most harmful aspects of the food industry lobby is the exploitation of single nutrient studies. Food companies help fund research centered on the potential health benefits of single nutrients and then use the results of these studies to justify ridiculous health claims on their labels. There is considerable confusion created by the mixed messages and constantly changing \u2018nutritional news\u2019 when one study reportedly finds a food product to be healthy one day and another study finds it to be harmful the next. Such confusion works to the advantage of food producers as confused consumers are more likely to believe the questionable health claims on their products. The influence of the food conglomerates is frightening and far more insidious than we like to think. The heart healthy check mark of the American Heart Association is one of the most recognized consumer health symbols in America- yet it has been brazenly displayed on the sides of boxes of Lucky Charms, Trix, and Cocoa Puff cereals, in addition to Yoo-hoo Chocolate Drinks, Healthy Choice’s Caramel Swirl Ice Cream and Mazola Corn oil. None of these products are remotely healthy by any stretch of the imagination, yet somehow they were able to secure backing from one of the most prominent and trusted health authorities in the country. I will leave you to your own conclusions as to how that happens.<\/p>\n

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How The Food Industry Makes You Eat More<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n

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The other way food companies increase their profits is by making you eat more. While no one likes to admit to being manipulated, the rising levels of obese and overweight men, women and children here in the U. S. show that the food companies have been enormously successful at manipulating us to eat more. With a limited number of calories that can possibly be consumed by the adult population, promotion to children to get them to eat more as well has become a standard part of the food industry\u2019s advertising push over the past several decades. Interestingly enough, this increase in advertising focus coincides directly with the term Adult Onset Diabetes being officially changed to Type II diabetes given the alarmingly high number of children that are developing it today. It\u2019s hardly a coincidence. \u00a0In the years 1976-1980 the rate of obesity among preschoolers aged 2-5 was only 5.0%. A rate that doubled to 10.4% in the years 2007-2008. The figures get worse as the children get older as obesity rates among those aged 6-11 jumped from 6.5% to 19.6% during the same periods and increased from 5.0 % to 181% among adolescents aged 12-19.[5] Focusing on getting kids to eat more isn\u2019t the only way food companies increase consumer eating habits- adults are equally targeted by shrewd policies that go unnoticed by most of us.<\/p>\n

One of the easiest ways companies get you to eat more is by increasing serving sizes. By making the bigger serving portions cheaper than the smaller ones consumers inevitably go for the better deal and end up eating more in the process. It\u2019s a masterful strategy as you have to pay more to eat less. Now it might seem that the food industry loses money by giving you bigger portions in restaurants and packaged products, but it\u2019s sound economics in terms of their profits. The cost of food production is quite low relative to labor and the aforementioned factors used to increase the retail price of the original food. So, by encouraging larger portions and increasing the cost of smaller ones- you make people buy more and eat more. It\u2019s a relatively easy way to increasing profits without increasing production, but it creates unhealthy serving sizes and a population that doesn\u2019t think twice about eating more to get the most \u2018bang for their buck.\u2019 Take a look at the oversized popcorn and soda choices at movie theaters that cost only a fraction more than the smaller options. Look at the \u2018bargain\u2019 supersized portions sold at fast food restaurants and the better value bigger packages in supermarkets and you\u2019ll see it for yourself. No other country that I\u2019ve been to has servings quite as larger as the ones offered here in America and it\u2019s all part of a carefully thought out strategy to make you buy more and eat more.<\/p>\n

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The constant influx of new products also plays a major role in getting people to eat more. New food products labeled as \u2018organic\u2019 or containing \u2018organic ingredients\u2019 have joined the roster of \u2018low fat\u2019, \u2018all natural\u2019, \u2018fat free\u2019, \u2018no cholesterol\u2019, \u2018high fiber\u2019, and vitamin<\/a> enriched foods. None of these labels have any bearing on whether a food is inherently healthy or not, but it gives the public a feeling of comfort when they buy them. A sense of comfort that also encourages us to over consume foods that we shouldn\u2019t be eating in the first place. If high fructose corn syrup is bad today, replacing it with \u2018organic sugar\u2019 in a product still makes it a junk food, but the illusion of it being healthier persuades consumers to eat it with a guilt free conscience. Feeling guilt free about what you eat won\u2019t stop you from gaining weight by eating too many empty calories but it is good for business.<\/p>\n

We gain nothing by saying that we are immune to the effects of food advertising as such ways of thinking only leads to a false sense of security. Most advertising operates far below our consciousness and it influences even the most health conscious of us all. Today there is little that isn\u2019t manipulated to make you buy more and eat more; religion, your concerns about the environment, animal rights and your own health concerns are all used to influence your buying and eating decisions with products designed to align with your way of thinking. Whether we like it or not, research consistently shows that by increasing the intensity, repetition and visibility of food related advertising messages we buy more and eat more.[6] Our 24\/7 hour connections to the Internet, television and other media makes it almost impossible to avoid ads and secluding yourself in the mountains isn\u2019t a practical answer to not being influenced by them. \u00a0However if you understand how the food industry works, you\u2019ll be far less likely to fall for the ploys designed to make you eat more of the wrong foods.<\/p>\n

Eating healthy isn\u2019t confusing- it\u2019s just not titillating or slick by any stretch of the imagination, and in a room with so many other voices shouting louder it isn\u2019t often heard. The new and entertainment industry wouldn\u2019t see much of an increase in their audience if every diet related segment said that you should avoid refined foods completely, don\u2019t overeat and use only fruits and vegetables as your snacks. Not only is it somewhat tedious, but it would alienates the very food companies whose refined products provide the lion share of advertising profits. It might not be a popular message backed by billions, but it is one that won\u2019t ever change and one that you should heed if you are serious about being in shape.<\/p>\n\n

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\n Kevin's Unconventional Biceps Training- 3-6 Minutes a Week!
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\nIn this video I go over my biceps training using the Naturally Intense High Intensity Training protocols that helped me go from having arms measuring 11.5 to 12 inches to 18 inches drug free!
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\nIt's an unconventional approach for certain, but it's one that's helped my arms grow and the hundreds of men and women I have trained over the past 30 plus years.
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\nThis shot was taken as part of the promotion for my Naturally Intense DVD and was about a year after my last bodybuilding competition.
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\nWe started at about 10 am and finished around 4pm and I was completely spent, but the more we shot the sharper I looked, so we kept on going.
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\nI haven't done a stiff leg deadlift over 315lbs for about 3 years at this point, and I did my last set with 315lbs and comfortably got to 10 reps and decided I had far too much gas left in the tank and that I should go up in weight.
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\nAs a bodybuilder having not trained this heavy for so many years, the shock of this much weight would be more than enough to stimulate muscle growth, and doing more reps wouldn't yield any greater returns, only increase the likelihood of injury.
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1. Flegal KM, Carroll M.D, Ogden CL, Curtin LR- Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, JAMA<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Gallo AE. Food advertising in the United States. America’s Eating Habits: Changes & Consequences. USDA<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Nestle M. Food Politics. How the food industry influences nutrition and health. University of California Press<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Harris JM et al. The Food Marketing System. 2002 Agricultural Economics Report<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Ogden C, Carroll M. Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, Trends 1963-1965 Through 2007-2008. CDC<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Enyinda CI, Ogbeuechi AO. An empirical analysis of retail pricing and multimedia effects on sales performance. J Food Products Marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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