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- utopian0
corporativism
- moldero0
looks good
- lvl_130
come back to ntc
- MrT0
Looks very good. I'm no expert but where were the Republicans?
- formed0
Looks dated? I didn't see anything new in that trailer.
Sure, it is about money and getting customers, but this isn't 1950, people have to take some responsibility. I grew up with almost 0 sugar anywhere in my house, my parents sacrificed to buy organic (or grow), get milk from local farmers, etc., etc.
People have to take some responsibility. Just like schools taking PE out of the equation, most people just are too "busy" to care about what their kids eat or chose not to pay for it (surely that xbox and ESPN are worth more).
But it is always good to bring more light to these subjects. God knows out gov't doesn't lift a finger to protect the citizens until there is a true public outcry (and even then the results get diluted as lobbying forces more and more compromises).
- i_monk0
It's not 1950, but when did you grow up? And where are all these "local farmers" for the major cities, where the majority live these days? It's also hard to be responsible when every week or two there's a conflicting article about what's good or bad to eat, billions invested in making it easier to go to Wendy's than to the grocery store (which is full of sugar and crap anyway), rising food costs for anything actually grown from the ground, and the ever-shrinking pay cheque of anyone not in the top 10%.
- formed0
I grew up a while back...let's just say I was getting out of grad school and was here before it became Newstoday ;-)
Where I live, Denver, you can get fresh produce delivered or go to a farmer's market. Really, though, any grocery has plenty of organic food.
Like I said, it is a choice. My folks chose to prioritize health over toys. I don't know a single person that has done that these days. Everyone has to have $300+ of monthly charges (cable, phones, etc.). That's a choice, not a necessity. When I grew up there was none of that, we didn't even have a TV!
I don't know, guess it was just how I grew up. I never, not once, thought it was "ok" to eat at McDonald's (I've probably eaten at McDonalds two dozen times in my lifetime, never even been to Wendy's, and not by choice).
So it becomes education, which is largely the responsibility of the parent. Schools play a part, of course, but there is still a choice.
Organic has always been good, non-GMO's have always been better, no preservatives have always been best....I guess I am not sure where all the confusion was/is, besides complacency.
Sure, it should all be better, everything should be better, but that doesn't take all of the responsibility off of the parent (or individual).
- Peter0
Sugars, sweeteners (and excessive salt) is in most if not all packaged food. It has been for a long time.
That and oils/fats are what makes food "taste more".
It shouldn't be something new nor shocking.Instead the feel-good factor from this movie is more from blaming others. "They made me fat (those bastards)".
Then again I've only seen the trailer.
- colin_s0
"Like I said, it is a choice. My folks chose to prioritize health over toys. I don't know a single person that has done that these days."
it's a choice if you have that opportunity. i'm sorry but your statement reeks of middle class ignorance.
the fact of the matter is many, many people don't have the opportunity to go to farmers markets or seek out foods that aren't at the corner market. urban families - especially those in poverty - are drastically limited in scope to available nutrition.
not to mention, specialized markets with farm-to-table produce are generally at hours where those who work two or three part time jobs to try and just get by would not be able to free themselves from responsibility long enough to make sure they can get the freshest arugula.
now, i do think there are ways parents who are struggling can make things work better than they likely do and the system is not ever fully to blame, however when you have these "food deserts" it's creating just another circumstance to which those in need cannot catch a break.
http://www.policymic.com/article…
i mean there's just one article to start with but there's a slew of information out there.
- <eoin
- Exactly.freedom
- Whatever the case of what's available, you are the only person responsible for what you put in your body.cannonball1978
- School lunches can be terrible and a kid has got to eat.bainbridge
- sem0
^^^ What he said.
And I on his final point, I do feel the parents can help but not without the education and this topic may be old to us online but there are families out there that don't have internet etc.
Hopefully sugar will be the new cigarette in the health focus awareness campaigns.