Hey... Nice to see some photos from where you're from and the name of your father's company is a nice play on words 😂.
And I've seen short documentaries and news coverage about those "food deserts" in the USA, which really is a shame. Everyone should have the right to proper and healthy food nearby. If you have to travel so far, the cost will definitely increase.
"Food dessert" is a term my family had to learn in person in Suriname. Also "bedroom community" is now something my Khmer family is familiar with. I must admit food desserts and bedroom communities are two things that shouldn't exist in any community anywhere in the world. It is hard to tell which country is fatter, but I think Americans are a little bigger than Surinamers.
The numbers are out there, but from face value I would say the people in the USA. Do you think it's the amount of processed food consumed? We also have those here, but in smaller quantities, because for example fast-food is pretty pricey here, while it's cheaper in the USA. Still a lot of obesity going around here, unfortunately.
I agree. Some time ago I've seen a tv-program online, where a local mother asked for help for her sick malnourished child, come to read a few days ago that the child had died. Really broke my heart to see children suffering like that.
I think Surinamers love their sugary fizzy drinks more though, it would be a very close call. I never watched much TV in Suriname, but I did see an instance of hunger and desperation from an older Guyanese couple once, broke my hears. Nobody in Cambodia ever goes, hungry, the village mentality always makes sure a poor person can ask any nearby house for some rice and fruits, and they are culturally obligated to help.
The fizzy drinks part is true, but I can see it changing in my small social bubble. Am still aware that some people here drink soft drinks as if it's water, even early mornings 🤦♀. We do have a high number of heart disease(s) and diabetes.
Now I'm in the USA, just saw a friend the other day that only drinks Mountain Dew, no water at all under any circumstances.
Oh damn... 🙈 I don't want to stereotype, but I have indeed seen reality tv programs where some Americans drink those drinks as if it were water.