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The groceries I buy these days come boxed or bagged. They look like leftover pieces of food that fell through the cracks at the manufacturing plant and were considered product surplus. Food manufacturers have engineered a way to cut down on product loss while continuing to meet ongoing demands of food shortages and America’s obesity epidemic.
More and more food is becoming bite sized. Products in the freezer section, like waffles, ice cream, pizza, chicken, fish, or even steak now come in small pieces. Store shelves everywhere are stocked with miniature crackers, cookies and candy. It seems reasonable that this should be done since we obviously can’t follow the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Advertisements everywhere show young and old popping little bits of food on the run, and happily leaving their kitchen.
The World Health Organization, in 2010 ranked the United States as 20th out of 92 nations in highest obese rate, with 65% of Americans regarded as obese. According to, Joesette Sheeran, of the United Nations World Food Programme the rising food prices is a “silent tsunami.”
In our country it is hard to imagine a shortage of food. CNBC reported last year, in the coming years, very serious food shortages will be everywhere and prices will soar. Smaller portions may help matters as long as we don’t buy the two for one specials and eat them all at once.
Have you noticed the smaller portions of foods being sold?
Photograph Credit:
Sabrina Segal
