Let’s take a typical teenager in America eating a typical diet mostly made up of highly processed convenience food (designed more for profit than for nutrition). This diet includes snacks like chips and fruit snacks, frozen foods like burritos, hot pockets and ice cream, take-out food such as pizza and Chinese, and fast food like burgers and tacos. Our teenager has little or no experience buying groceries, let alone preparing food. Completely unaware, food choices are made based on convenience, taste, and familiarity. Unfortunately, The the stomach will not be prepared for the more nutritious fiber found in fruits and vegetables, and there will always be a stronger preference for food that is salty (chips) or sweet, more easily digestible (sweetened cereal with milk). There may be no apparent weight problems, but this can be seen as a form of food addiction because our teen is rejecting foods that do not activate the reward system. This food relationship has permeated our society and is not necessarily an individual problem.