Just a Thought
I went to my son's lacrosse tournament last week.
I saw a lot of dads there who looked like they used to play sports. Their athletic bodies were still there beneath a layer of fat amassed over years of eating wrong.
Humans are the only beast in the animal kingdom where this happens. You don't see obese cheetahs or zebras.
It was an all day thing and in the team tents, there were tons of snacks like donuts and chips and soda.
I felt angry about the success of gargantuan processed foods conglomerates that spend billions concocting addictive recipes, lobbying DC, and marketing relentlessly and misleadingly.
They have helped shape a culture in terms of how we eat, how we look, and how we feel to the point where now fat is normal.
There's no law saying we must abide by their unscrupulous design. Not yet anyway.
And we do not have to fall in line with these whack cultural norms.
This is some fat-phobic shit right here. You don’t see fat in the animal world?! Whales, hippos, etc? Yes big companies have figured out how to make their food addictive for higher profits and we shouldn't play into it if possible (again your privilege is showing here in terms of having resources to buy healthy food in your area. Not everyone has that ability). But there’s other things to consider. Genetic issues. Some individuals bodies more easily gain weight. Being heavier isn’t a marker of being less than. We are all a product of our environment. Wether that’s having trauma, depression, or even being over weight. I get your point but you’re missing a lot of nuance and failing to come up with a plan other than “we should rebel against this”. again having the privilege of time to do to that.
Yes sad but true.. some how the food makers, have discovered the formula ,that will light up human pleasure centers, and keep us coming back for more, regardless, if said 'food' may potentially have adverse effect on our brains, over long periods of time. Only profit matters in the world they inhabit, all others be damned. To those who will say 'well you don't have to eat it', the fact is nearly all items purchased in any grocery store, has aisle after aisle of 'foodstuffs' concocted in large labs/kitchens, that are to my way of thinking of 'dubious value' at best.