HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Pizza Hut, Boogie 2Nite
12 Nov 2016
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Between obesity and hunger: the capitalist food industry by robert albritton. 1/4 of globe eats too much, 1/4 of the globe eats too little. The most important factor in human health is diet. Cheap food to capitalism is important because it allows wages to be lower (and thus profits higher), leaves workers with more disposable income. Post w. w. two, large farms became increasingly subservient to the gigantic corporations that supplied the inputs and outputs. In the u. s. the largest 10% got 72% of the subsidies and 60 % of farms got no subsidy, large farms today depend on cheap oil and government subsidies capitalism the strongest force shaping the global food system. The corporations are the far greater sovereign force i. e. coca cola. Americans consume 31 teaspoons of added sugar a day. Obesity is a risk factor for chronic disease but it is mostly connected to diabetes. Between 1997 and 2004, type 2 diabetes increased 41% in the u. s.
