Food Hype

Both Bitman and Walter criticizeour current food system and the way that we all go about food.

Bitman suggests that as obesity, diabetes and cardio vascular diseases sweep across the nation, changes should be made to the current food system and that we should tax foods that are unhealthy for us and make healthy foods less expensive. Yes, if organic and non-GMO foods were more accessible and cheaper, there would be a decrease in obesity rates in America because everyone in a low-income city would be able to afford food that won't harm their health. They won't have the need to buy cheap and sugary goods such as chips and frozen, oven ready meals for their families to consume because that's all they have time for or all they can afford.

Walters talks about making changes to the school lunch system. She goes and talks about how the money the government gives schools for lunch is put into serving unhealthy but somewhat tastier foods. Which I believe is totally wrong because they are serving children and if we or they grow up eating unhealthy then we will remain eating unhealthily. Walters then goes to say that there are way to solve this problem. She talks about how schools in the Berkley area have found ways to subsidize the cost of meals, but still remain healthy.



Most of what Bittman has written pertains to my research topic the most so I would use his article for assistance because it has a lot of valuable information for me. If you are in search of an article that discusses food addiction, here is a good article.




https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-to-overcome-food-addiction