Yo momma's so fat.... she must be german!The sunday New York Times reports that, lo and behold, the rest of the western world is as obese as the Americans: The world economy may be slumping, but there is conspicuous growth in at least one area: waistlines. But let's not blame the European consumer for eating this stuff, since what we're dealing with is clearly a dastardly american plot: The message to consume less is hardly a capitalist notion. Food companies grow by selling to more people, or convincing existing customers to eat more. "They don't have a lot of potential for expansion left in the United States," said Marion Nestle, chairwoman of the nutrition and food studies department at New York University and author of "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" (University of California Press, 2002). Because of that, she said, American companies have been exporting the salty, sugary foods they are known for and undermining the generally healthier eating habits of other countries. link. |
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