The food industry nowadays is a vicious cycle, built to take our money in exchange for another meal on our belts, literally. Successful companies have decided to replace the quality of their products with the amount of profit they make by selling us “cost-efficient” goods that benefit their bank accounts, but not our health. The cycle impacts not only our health, but also the temperature of the Earth and other countries. It can be prevented or even stopped. But only the government has the power and influence to change something, and as soon as someone with enough power is persuaded to pass a law or suggests passing a law to their superiors, the companies that would be affected by this change immediatelyWell, even if junk food is junk, it doesn't taste like junk and it's convenient and quick, hence the name fast food. This seduces us fat Americans. But Americans aren't fat, right? Wrong! One in four and a half Americans is considered overweight. This is partly due to the unequal distribution of wealth. At the wealthier end of the spectrum, people want to enjoy life with the money they have and indulge in whatever makes them happy when it comes to food. Unfortunately, the food they prefer is saturated with fat, sugar and salt. These luxuries sometimes make them obese. At the other end, we have the poor, the underprivileged, the lower classes. They have to work long hours or hold multiple jobs to support their family, or perhaps just themselves, and have no time to cook. Furthermore, organic food, which promotes health, costs much more than stopping at a fast food restaurant. “The prevalence of obesity is already high in today's rich countries, and population growth in rich countries is low or even negative, so there is less room for a future increase in obesity. In today's developing countries and in transition, in contrast, the populations are larger overall, growing much faster, and the prevalence of obesity in these countries is just now starting to increase. We think of the United States as the nation with the largest obesity problem, but in absolute numbers, China has already surpassed the United States, with one hundred million obese citizens. "Ensuring communities have good access to healthy and affordable food is one of the government's strategic objectives to improve public health and reduce health inequalities.12 Policy solutions for disadvantaged communities without good access to food deserts have focused on improving retail food supply as part of a broader set of population food change recommendations focused on awareness, affordability, and acceptability” Source 7. People may have access to food, but may not be aware of what to eat and what not to eat. Or they may simply love junk food so much that they can't stop eating it. And, more worryingly, they may simply not care. So how do we get people to care? Well, doing what I'm doing now, informing people about what's at stake. People are already starting to realize that they need to do something about this problem. Take Pokemon Go for example: the manufacturers have incorporated a seemingly boring and healthy activity (walking) into the world of Pokémon. But, as I said before, these tiny changes will not have a big effect, the world government must be created first. And, unfortunately, in the end, one way or another, we will solve this problem, and then another one will be discovered, because it is
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