To think it’s really difficult to keep healthy ? ITS NOT OUR FAULT !!

There’s nothing to stop you buying wartime food and preparing it yourself if that’s what you want. This would involve a lot of peeling though.

It’s not for you to stop other foods being available to everyone else.

Meal prep at weekends if you want to eat home made food quickly at work and after work.

It’s your choice what goes in your mouth.

I take food to work, is that not an option?
Something like a wrap is seconds to make and put in the fridge for the next day, take a piece of fruit and a yoghurt too

Batch cooking I do for evening meals, cook 6-8 portions of something on a Sunday and freeze it. Repeat the next Sunday with a different meal and you end up with a freezer full of ready meals

Plus quick stuff like rotisserie chicken with salad and ready made grains or feta and cous cous etc

food doesn’t have to be upf or long winded peeling carrots and potatoes.
When I used to get home late i would usually make something like an omelette and salad, or a simple roast veg pasta. ( just dump veg in oven 30min whilst I had a shower or relaxed after work). Or rice with grilled chicken, and avocado.

Lunches and dinners also leftovers from days you have more time. I would often make something taking more time Sunday and eat leftovers Monday. Plus on Sunday make a roast veg couscous or similar to make easy lunches to take the first few days of the week. Just add ready made falafels, mozzarella balls, salad items in the morning. Even if you then make a sandwich the last few days for lunch.

You're a grown adult.

If you don't take responsibility for what you put in your mouth, no-one's going to jump out from behind the cooker and do it for you.

Take your own lunch to work and use frozen veg at dinnertime if you don't have time to peel and chop.

The only options for food was small sandwich shops and kiosks selling beige calorific food - crisps /choc bars and shortbreads - filled rolls etc. next to no fresh produce

I'd have taken a packed lunch, partly because it's healthier, but also cheaper and probably nicer.

It’s partly the busyness of lifestyles. It’s partly the availability of quick, crap food everywhere and the addictive quality of it. But it’s also in large part habit and skill.

I don’t find it difficult at all to eat (mostly!) fresh and nutritious food. Bit of weekend batch cooking. Stirfry, bit of fish and veg, rice bowl etc all on table within 30 mins. Leftovers packed for lunch. But I prioritise cooking and eating properly over an extra 45 mins scrolling or watching tv.

It's not all or nothing, UPF beige food or natural rainwater and organic meadow grown cucumbers. Find a middle ground that works for your lifestyle.

I make it easier for our life. I buy carrot sticks. They are ready-peeled and chopped. I can just chuck them in a saucepan. I chop onions in advance and freeze for later. I buy jar sauces but I also make some from scratch at the weekends.

Batch cooking is the key. Cook a ton of stuff on a weekend and freeze it. Once you've got a few choices you can just take out what you want for dinner from the freezer in the morning.

Left overs of previous nights dinner for lunch in the office or take your own salad/sandwich.

we have to buy calorific processed convenience foods as there’s practically no other option !

there is noting near my office as it's on an industrial estate,

In winter I take soups, in summer I take sandwiches and salads. Its not all that tricky but it has to be a priority

Meal preps at the weekend is the only solution. But generally it means eating the same thing for 4 days in a row

You can batch cook at weekends, prep a salad before you leave for work and so on. People either want to do it or don't want to.

Plenty of people manage to eat healthily despite the pressures of day to day life. Ultimately it's down to what we ourselves prioritise.