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Obesity is an affliction mostly correlated to low socioeconomic status. So trying to normalize it means siding w the Big Agro-Processed Foods industrial complex against the world’s poor - mostly in affluent countries where the only affordable food is highly processed, low in nutrition, empty calories.

If you look at videos and images of African Americans before the industrial food complex took over nobody is fat, let alone obese. I was watching an excellent documentary by Questlove called “Summer of Soul” about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival where for a bunch of great musical performances where there were audiences of over 50,000 mostly Black people. Other than the great music, what struck me most about the film was that EVERYONE WAS SKINNY. It was astonishing because now people think there’s some kind of inevitable correlation between race and body shape, whereas historically you see it has to do w access to fresh nutritious food vs. fast processed food.

How “liberals” can side w the fast/processed food conglomerates against poor people of all races is beyond my comprehension

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Either the liberals are in on a conspiracy or they're just very silly.

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