Henry Dimbleby on how the food system is killing you
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The Problem With the Food System
Some people would say that the answer to all of these problems is individual responsibility, whether it comes to our bodily health or our environmental health. And you make almost the opposite case: there's almost no such thing as free will in the kind of food system that we live in. Why is it not the case that simply individuals have changed their habits, they've changed their diets, and the solution is therefore that individuals need to do so again? Well, it's interesting that narrative is kind of all enveloping. And if I even those who are suffering think it's their fault. The sun kind of summed it up when Boris Johnson kicked the restrictions on advertising of junk food to children until 2025
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