No Stupid Questions

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways * Poor nutrition is a 90% demand problem and only a 10% supply problem + Citing data fromFood Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality + Just being more accessible didn’t change purchase behavior for food, it requires high levels of education to counter deeply embedded cultural and demographic nutrition habits * Healthy food has an uphill narrative battle against unhealthy food + More expensive, less ready to prepare, low-shelf life, less caloric, and the list goes on * “If there is a way to increase demand for healthy food, without making people feel bad, that’s going to be the trick”– Angela Duckworth + It worked with smoking cigarettes, why can’t it work with food? + Implementing taxes on unhealthy food and subsidizing healthy food could help ignite a much needed social and cultural change * What other societal topics miscalculate supply and demand problems? + Bipartisan politicians: everyone complains there are none, but no one wants their politicians to compromise + Sleep: people always say they don’t get enough sleep, but it’s not for lack of time–they choose to do other things

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