Not under Capitalism it isn't. They'll do anything to jack the prices up to score more profits. And of course I didn't mean "everyone" but there is a lot: https://bch.gg/7a
But uptick this year. Also, are they including overweight children in their malnourishment stats? Agree it’s malnourishment but see it as less of an issue than starving.
In fact, more people are dying from bad food globally that starvation. So obesity might be the bigger issue. Not that either is more important than the other.
This story is highly skewed. It's true that coloric restriction can help reduce weight but eating only Twinkies and Oreos means he's lacking essential nutrients to be truly healthy.
its one thing to open the cabinet & see no food. its another to see plenty of food and just eat all of it. the first could be argued to be someone else's fault.
What if the food in the pantry is all bad food and they don't eat all of it as once? And the only reason they only have bad food is because that's all they can afford. This is real.
First of all, society is structured in a way that you need a car to get around. Some people don't need to but most do. 2nd maybe people buy certain luxuries because their jobs suck.
Can you blame someone who's job sucks and they can't get another job anywhere else for buying a small luxury to ease the pain of their shitty life? I can't.
Who's saying anything about forcing? Armed with the knowledge of which foods are healthy, the can choose to eat healthy or not. My problem is with industry propaganda confusing people.
fair enough. but I mean the companies are already forced to add labels with all ingredients & nutrition info. customers learn to read these things or live in ignorance.
like I said, people will prioritize whatever they choose in their life. it is not up to us to judge their life. are they choosing an unhealthy life? yes. we all do to some extent.
have the time to cook it because they are working 8 hours a day making barely enough money to even keep a roof over their heads. It's the Capitalists I held accountable for this.
I do believe that people can and must take personal responsibility for their health and happiness. But, Capitalists do a lot to limit the choices we have and the censor and skew facts.
communists/socialists always want to have their cake and eat it too. are ppl responsible or not? even walmart has thousands of SKU numbers in every store. that is not limited choice.
You miss the point. Bad food is artificially made cheaper by the Government so that's all the working poor can buy. It's possible to buy better food for the same price but they don't..
Yes, corn farmers are Capitalists are they not? They lobbbied (bribed) Congress to grant them this subsidy. And other Capitalists profit with crap like HFCS, Corn Oil, milled corn, etc
and people bought it. they chose a place to live, chose a super market to go to, and stood in the super market, and freely chose to purchase over sugared food.
people are buying stuff without HFCS so they are trying to put Natural Sweetener as a code word for it. Yes people can make their own decisions but industry makes it difficult.
Yes, people can shop at the right grocery stores and read the labels but not everyone has the time or the energy to do that. And the Corn industry is getting wise to the fact that.....
How is it less of an issue? You can certainly die from obesity. And what a waste of resources feeding people stuff that will kill them anyway. Doesn't really make sense to me.
Not blaming the kids, parents, or even the doctors. It's powerful industries that are selling bad food to parents telling them that it's good for them. And profiting from that.
not saying you're blaming the kids my other reply here sounded like I was blaming the kids for overindulging. God forbid we expect the parents to take any responsibility.
not saying its ok. just when I hear stats of child malnourishment I think of thin, starving children without access to food. not those who have too much food & choose to over indulge.