How the food industry is deceiving you (video)

Let’s face the facts. We Americans are getting larger by the second.

Some statistics, implicating both the food industry and the government as co-creating factors in the obesity epidemic, include:

• In 2002, consumers spent $174 billion on processed foods.
• 90 percent of foods marketed each year are processed foods.
• Last year, 2,800 new candies, desserts, ice-cream, and snacks were introduced to the marketplace, compared to 230 new fruits or vegetable products.
• The food industry spends $34 billion per year marketing their products.
• $12 billion is spent marketing to children.

The food industry is quick to point out that the choice is always yours — they’re not making you buy something you don’t want. They also want to blame the obesity problem on people’s unwillingness to exercise.