Fault Lines: Fast Food, Fat Profits - How Did The Situation Get So Out Of Hand?

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Run time: 13:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWLKzHA4LM   Posted on YouTube: November 18, 2010 By YouTube Member: AlJazeeraEnglish Views on YouTube: 817   Posted on DU: November 19, 2010 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 619

 
Obesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, one out of every three is obese. One in three are expected to have diabetes by 2050.

Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher prevalence of obesity and Hispanics 25 per cent higher when compared with whites.

How did the situation get so out of hand?

On this week's episode of Fault Lines, Josh Rushing explores the world of cheap food for Americans living at the margins.

What opportunities do people have to eat healthy? Who is responsible for food deserts and processed food in American schools?

Fault Lines finds food revolutions taking place and speaks with the people that are fighting back.

The video can be watched on HD at the YouTube link or here: http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2010/11/2010111892118443641.html

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1. Q. total cuts to Food Stamps since '80?

Hard to find overall stats that condemn the RW.

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2. Here's the full version with part 2 (it wasn't available online at the time of posting the OP)

Part 2 discusses how the government/corporations revolving door works and how corporations are effectively poisoning the kids and speaks with the people that are fighting back.

The embedded video has been changed here: http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2010/11/2010111892118443641.html

And it has been uploaded to YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWLKzHA4LM