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And it’s up to parents and individuals to create those habits. So you can sit around waiting for the government to help make you thin or you can do it yourself. Industrialization of food is going nowhere. This country doesn’t have the capacity to feed our oversized population without it. Plus, to keep food affordable, mass production is a necessity.

You want to change food culture? Start with your own home. Get off the soccer field until 8pm and all weekend and make actual meals for your kids. How many families do you know that have traded nutrition for sports? The government cannot control our bad choices[/quote]

And how’s that working for us? Oh, wait, it doesn’t. It simply doesn’t work because we have 40+% of population obese and a very sickly last generations. 
And to say that it’s because they’re all irresponsible slobs who made poor choices is basically avoiding responsibility as a country, as a system.[/quote]

Yes, they are responsible. All of them. It’s working great for us. We feed our kids healthy meals , don’t overeat, and exercise regularly. It is completely doable to be healthy if you make it a priority. I can’t help those that don’t. But let that 40% wait for the government to make them healthier. That’ll work out just great for their health[/quote]
Translation:
Yes, I am rich and I am educated and had time to look into this. While paying for my nails and hair to be done between the gym and a walk with friends. I have money to buy healthy food, and time to get it ready of pay someone to get it done.

Real life translation: I am rich, effe off.[/quote]

Eating “heathy” isn’t expensive.  That has been discussed over and over and just isn’t true.  But people just don’t care.  There are no kids going to school literally starving.  The poor kids are all over fed crap and school just piles it on too.  You want school to serve a heathy “French style” lunch? It will get tossed in the garbage (but eating the roll of course) and the kid will open a bag of Funyuns when they get home.  [/quote]
That is maybe true in some groups and utterly false in other groups. I shop at Aldi, in Gaithersburg, and Silver Spring. Most other patrons are like me, immigrants. They all have carts full of veggies, rice, and dry beans! I see people from all over the world, the other day a mom and I chatted, she came to Lidl in Glenmont and bought a two-pack of blackberries for herself and kids. That's it! She loves them, she said, the reason we spoke is that we waited for a long time. She then picked change to pay for them. She and I and all the others want our kids to eat healthily. I saw an older man, buying only fruits and veggies at Aldi. All the time I see what you might call "don't care about food people" buying healthy choices at the same shops I am at. Looking for a good deal and healthier foods. I can't afford Whole Foods!
Now if you know Aldi, you know that produce is a hit and miss most of the time. Who doesn't seem to care, based on my observations, are those that are raised here. Meaning raised and used to crappy food.
And why do they like it? Because that is all they had because the government let corporations abuse their customers for profit.[/quote]

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