Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoELI5 How come in America we have a fat/obese epidemic while on the same hand we have kids going starving at the same time? Please 5 year old this for me, it has always bothered me.message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down13
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareELI5 How come in America we have a fat/obese epidemic while on the same hand we have kids going starving at the same time? Please 5 year old this for me, it has always bothered me.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squaresunsofold@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoThat is so complex, it’s hard to point at all the contributing causes. Unhealthy food cultures Profit focused food system Distorted preferences ‘food deserts’ cost/value didistortions oligarchic politics destroying public welfare spending oligarchic media destroying public good will knock-ons from housing speculation Reproductive care obstruction subtle conflation between starving and malnourished
That is so complex, it’s hard to point at all the contributing causes.