The Guardian newspaper has a special 3-part story on modern food. Part 1 is on the web now, and deals with the changing diet. While it clearly is slowly getting better from the 50's, which must be the low point in all forms of human culture, problems such as obesity and children getting adult-onset diabetes are on the rise. As they point out, healthy eating is only affordable for the wealthy. This is a great series, and although I pretty much knew most of this before, it really is a great summary and reminder, especially now that I have two baby daughters, whose future health I am of course concerned about.
Note that the site layout is a bit confusing. Reading all the parts in the Food section is the correct way to read this special.
Posted by ahyatt at May 13, 2003 10:13 AM