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Do you think the obesity epidemic is caused by capitalism. (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think it could be because unhealthy food that can cause obesity is more addictive and therefore more profitable.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

In a variety of ways, yes.

Yes, unhealthy food is made to be addictive and convenient.

There are other factors that go into it too though. People work far too long hours with far too long commutes and either don't have the time or energy to do any cooking and/or grocery shopping. Even if you live in an area where you have good markets to buy food from, you may not always be able to.

I love to cook, it's one of my main hobbies and I still find I don't really have much time to cook during the week after work. My office provides lunch that is reasonably well balanced, luckily for me. If I could spend less time going to/from/at the office I would happily go to the market to buy fresh produce every day. But that simply isn't feasible.