"Barbados fights Big Sugar for the survival of its people -The legacy of colonialism, modern-day conveniences and a diet high in fat and sugar have bequeathed the island a diabetes and high-blood pressure pandemic. But can health plans win out over corporate interests?

"Barbados, like other small island developing states, is fighting for its people’s survival. On this beautiful island, people wander daily into danger, swinging two-litre flasks of sugary drinks such as Coca-Cola as they step out of their cars, buying local fast food from the back of a van for lunch and queueing at Kentucky Fried Chicken or the local chain Chefette in the evening. The blessings of the modern convenience world have been visited upon small islands, with the result that more than half their people are dying prematurely from heart and lung conditions, cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases.
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Blame is being laid at the door of the food industry. The world’s 57 small island developing states, or SIDS, as the UN collectively calls them, have particular vulnerabilities. They cannot grow enough fresh food for their populations and, as the climate crisis worsens, water is scarcer and storms wipe out entire fields of crops every year. So they are reliant on importing their food: for some islands as much as 90% of it. And much of what they import is ultra-processed food, high in calories with very little nutritional value."

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/08/barbados-fights-big-sugar-for-survival-of-its-people-diabetes

#Barbados #Islands #IslandStates #BigFood #BigSugar #Capitalism #ProcessedFoods #Colonialism #Obesity #Diabetes #HeartDisease #HighBloodPressure #WHO #UN #UltraProcessedFood

The #culturalMasters in #Australia have produced television #programming that glorifies #junkFood as snacks.

The subtexts being:
a) indulge in #nostalgia,
b) #consume,
c) love #bigBrands,
d) eat #processedFoods with imported ingredients, produced in a way that may cause #inflammation and #cancer,
e) Aussie kids, you are too healthy and we need to make you #sick.

What do you think?

#notHealthAdvice #food #obesity #snacking #publicHealth #health #corporateMedia #snacks #fasting
#overeating

@11235@liberdon.com
We have reached a good understanding, it seems.

Yes income tax and "profits" tax are replaceable by a 15% land tax based on rental value. Income tax only came around circa 1915 after the "#FederalReserve" (read: seedy private interest cartel) was created.

10% GST on things that are not fresh #food and necessities (see #Australia's #GST) is also good. Buying #processedFoods and #manufactured goods has #externalCosts best accounted for separately.

@shebang @kaikatsu @nerdman @kino