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Re:Poverty, not trauma, affects cognitive function in refuge... by Ghjklov on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:16PM (#22872155)
That's the thing. I was pretty self-aware and I still made those choices. Imagine how much worse it is for people who don't even know what they're doing to themselves. They'll just keep pushing on ahead while their mind and body deteriorates.
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Re:Poverty, not trauma, affects cognitive function in refuge... by munk-a on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:39PM (#22872359)
Those choices are pretty hard - modern junk food has been engineered to reinforce unhealthy consumption, the US (mostly) dictates international laws around junk food restriction[1] and it's exporting the terrible free-market approach to food choice. Some of these junk foods should be heavily taxed or just outright illegal.

1. Here's coke being terrible https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coca-cola-fought-regulatio... and there are some other wonderful examples around tobacco use in south east asia.

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