an-otherjames
an-otherjames t1_j5gu7u7 wrote
Reply to comment by shiruken in Dollar stores were the fastest-growing food retailers by household expenditure share between 2008 to 2020 according to Tufts University. While they still represent a small fraction of national household food purchases, they play an increasingly prominent role for disadvantaged and rural communities. by shiruken
I don't know how this is to be addressed. 99% of the products in these stores should not be consumed with any regular frequency if at all.
It's unethical to place unreliable food sources to capitalize on those without the reasonable means to know or obtain otherwise.
Poor diet means poor everything else, and at the bottom their main access is to shit and sugar.
an-otherjames t1_j1hk5xt wrote
Reply to comment by shit-zipper in Sleep duration declines in early adulthood until age 33, and then picks up again at age 53. The study, involving 730,187 participants spread over 63 countries, revealed how sleep patterns change across the lifespan, and how they differ between countries. by Wagamaga
Also 29, no kids. Fall asleep just fine, but yeah -- same as you said. I don't stay asleep for as long.
I'm physically active, generally content with work, life and relationships. Around 27ish, I went from sleeping 6-9 hours a night to now around 5-7. Wake up with plenty of energy too. Clean diet, consistent sleep schedule, still a bit of a cigarette habit but nothing's come of it yet, no outlying medical anything. Definitely noticed not needing as much sleep.
I'm not sure it's only due to having kids as some are mentioning, but I'm sure that can be a contributing factor.
an-otherjames t1_j5jjvsc wrote
Reply to comment by SeeMarkFly in Dollar stores were the fastest-growing food retailers by household expenditure share between 2008 to 2020 according to Tufts University. While they still represent a small fraction of national household food purchases, they play an increasingly prominent role for disadvantaged and rural communities. by shiruken
What makes it frustrating is that sugar shouldn't be the end of the world; treats have their place.
But the quanity of cheap sugary snack items available in any American grocery -- for example, let's say a Chewy Bar. Is it bad by itself? Well, maybe not the worst alone. But overall, it's an insignificant amount of food. It's nothing + sugar. There isn't ever really a reason to eat one.
Extended from that. Soda, pizza, burgers: these things aren't a meal by any stretch of the imagination. More akin to a lite-drug than a form of nutrition. But so often this could be considered "lunch" instead of "once a friday night" thing -- optimally after a healthy breakfast and lunch.
The problem isn't exactly that sugar and junk food exists. The problem is that junky items are presented as a legitimate solution to "in case the students/staff/ are hungry," which could then become "in case I'm hungry." If your body and brain have been working and playing, pouring sugar on top of the exhaustion is a harmful practice.
Hell, drinking water and training your ability to wait out until you can find a sufficiently large healthy meal is good for adults. For kid's nutrition though, often out of one's hands, but if we water our gardens with trash don't be surprised when things don't grow correctly. American schools, businesses, communities... there needs to be much stricter nutrition protocols as to what can be presented as food.