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Heather C Leek's avatar

Food, agriculture, tastes, attitudes..... all have changed over the past 50 years. Greed is definitely a large part. Food is made to be addictive today. When I was in Europe a couple years ago, I felt better because of the food I was eating, better than when I was home in the US.

It's all on a trajectory that is sad. Corporations want only to make money off of all of us, not improve our lives, unless it makes them richer. Good food is expensive, poor people eat poor food, have worse health outcomes, don't have universal health care, so they die earlier and in worse condition than folks in other countries. Same goes for housing, transoportation, health care, and general well being. Wealth has gone from the poor to the rich over the past century with an ever increasing amount going to the very richest. It's awful.

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ellen zwalsky's avatar

A great article about a subject that "polite" people seem to be uncomfortable with just as they are with the people who struggle with obesity. As someone who has lived this battle I appreciate you putting it out there. Unfortunately, Covid has made it very clear that obesity is a public health issue.

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