Recently I posted suggesting we improve the foods available in poorer neighborhoods. Apparently, there's more involved than just making it available. In fact, the introduction of produce stands in a bunch of neighborhoods with obesity problems has been met with lots of (understandable) uproar.
I am endlessly fascinated by how the complexity of our societies makes change difficult -- or even just makes things difficult to undo.
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I agree wholeheartedly! When I was writing my senior thesis on obesity politics, it always struck me how strongly class and obesity are correlated. The lack of fresh produce in poor neighborhoods is really a problem and to make matters worse, the price of said produce is so much higher than that of manufactured shit. Long live America.
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