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joanna bujes joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com
Mon Jan 13 11:27:23 PST 2003


At 01:37 AM 01/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>As for depression and overeating, these are personally tragic
>circumstances, but I am not sure that you can blame capitalism for
>people's own self-destructive behaviour - not unless you think that
>people ought to be relieved of all responsibility for their own
>decisions. My point was clear enough, it is possible to overeat because
>food is so cheap, that nobody needs to starve in the developed
>countries.

Actually, I think many Americans are overweight not only because of the crappy food, but because they don't walk. Long working hours, the car, and the way most cities are built makes walking impossible. All the times in my life that I didn't have a car, I also didn't have a weight problem: I could eat anything I wanted and not gain weight. Now I exercise on average an hour a day, and the rest of the time I drive or sit. I don't exactly have a weight problem, just ten extra lbs that won't go away.

Sigh,

Joanna



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