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eppur_se_muova

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3. How much of that "choice" is forced by free-market forces run amok?

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 4, 2023, 08:18 AM

Oct 2023

Crap food is cheaper. People working overtime, two jobs, etc. resort to fast food to save time and energy as well. And once you start down that path, it's hard to get off -- even after you realize it leads to a vicious circle. Being too tired to cook well leads to more tiredness, and downward you spiral. The only real hope for a way out is an infusion of prosperity, or unusually generous help from family or community. Neither are that widely available.

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Life Expectancy In US Is Falling Amid Surges In Chronic Illness [View all] appalachiablue Oct 2023 OP

K&R. nt c-rational Oct 2023 #1

Diet has a large part in this big picture. BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #2

How much of that "choice" is forced by free-market forces run amok? eppur_se_muova Oct 2023 #3

Yes + This has been a major issue for decades. A single mom friend who's appalachiablue Oct 2023 #4

Bad preventive health IbogaProject Oct 2023 #6

All of this. So many Americans are uniformed as to these issues appalachiablue Oct 2023 #7

Definitely, people are much larger than in the 70s, 80s from high calorie appalachiablue Oct 2023 #5

Poverty in many respects causes obesity. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #8