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Probably a combination of Universal Healthcare, Food Regulations (from what I understand, food quality regulations in the US are lacking compared to the EU), more balanced cultural attitudes towards work-life balance, less car-focused cities and more walkable cities.

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I'd say healthy food availability in the US generally sucks.

Less so than regulation, just the market making it difficult for a lot of people to eat healthily, less-processed, and fresh with regularity.

This is talking about places that don't have a Whole Foods nearby. (Or often any grocery store!)

These are all universal across the EU and yet there's big differences between EU countries.

Food regulations doesn't mean people have a healthy diet. A lot of the Eastern Europe countries have higher obesity rates: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

That is likely more due to epigenetic factors than individual diets.

A lot of Eastern Europe was doing very poorly a generation or two ago, and we know that living through a period of hunger will cause your children to be more likely to gain weight.

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