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Baraka_Guru · 01-10-2011, 10:44 AM

Obesity more likely with 'free market' economies

BBC News - Obesity linked to money insecurity in affluent nations

This is an interesting story that I saw earlier today. It links higher obesity rates to nations with greater economic insecurity. For example, Canada and the U.S. have higher obesity rates than rich European countries with greater social systems with strong welfare.

It states that the stresses of economic insecurity spurs poor eating habits even more than the mere availability of cheap fast food.

So those of you who fear the nanny state, what do you think about that?

I suppose this is interesting in that it's a kind of indirect cause rather than the direct cause if you consider not being able to say no to children. If parents are stressed out an eat a lot of fast food/processed food, then I guess the children are eating it too.

So maybe the problem isn't McDonald's and children. It's deeper than that.

Like I said, I don't think the solutions are about banning things. But I do believe the concerns are very real.

There you go. I suppose one thing liberals fear is economic insecurity; though I'm sure that's shared amongst conservatives as well. Their way of dealing with it differs, I'm sure.

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Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Obesity more likely with 'free market' economies BBC News - Obesity linked to money insecurity in affluent nations This is an interesting story that I saw earlier today. It links higher obesity rates to nations with greater economic insecurity. For example, Canada and the U.S. have higher obesity rates than rich European countries with greater social systems with strong welfare. It states that the stresses of economic insecurity spurs poor eating habits even more than the mere availability of cheap fast food. So those of you who fear the nanny state, what do you think about that? I suppose this is interesting in that it's a kind of indirect cause rather than the direct cause if you consider not being able to say no to children. If parents are stressed out an eat a lot of fast food/processed food, then I guess the children are eating it too. So maybe the problem isn't McDonald's and children. It's deeper than that. Like I said, I don't think the solutions are about banning things. But I do believe the concerns are very real. There you go. I suppose one thing liberals fear is economic insecurity; though I'm sure that's shared amongst conservatives as well. Their way of dealing with it differs, I'm sure. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot