Obesity as a Pressing Food Justice Issue

Obesity as a Pressing Food Justice Issue
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Obesity as a Pressing Food Justice Issue
The most pressing food justice issue today is obesity, a health condition associated with excessive body weight. The nature of this problem involves the consumption of foods that accelerate body weight without offering much nutritional value to the body. Additionally, the nature of the problem is manifested through the current efforts by activists, the general public, and the government to push toward the prevention of obesity. According to Nestle (2015), sugars and sweeteners in beverages are among the major causes of obesity, which puts such companies as Nestle and Unilever in the spotlight for producing such products. Obesity has become a chronic health problem in America due to the number of people becoming obese and the health issues it causes (Guthman, 2011). As people become fatter, they get more prone to illnesses, some of which are chronic.
It is difficult to trace the history of obesity, but it can be argued that the onset of processed food is when the problem began. Within the supply, the problem of obesity lies with the manufacturers of processed foods since they determine what is contained in them. Regardless of who distributes or serves the food, it is the manufacturers' responsibility to determine what is in the food. Even after acknowledging that obesity is a problem, people continue to consume fast foods containing massive amounts of fat and sugar. Mull (2018) explained that Silicon Valley has changed the language of dieting such that even obese people can have positive perceptions of themselves. However, Silicone Valley is more concerned with addressing the problem by setting up nutritional companies. Some of the startups have started to encourage people to diet by shifting the percep...