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knol.google.com There is a food crisis in many of our schools and
society at large. I believe two fundamental questions must be
answered in any effort to address this issue and affect
long-lasting, sustainable solutions; w...
knol.google.com There is a food crisis in many of our schools and
society at large. I believe two fundamental questions must be
answered in any effort to address this issue and affect
long-lasting, sustainable solutions; what socio/political-economic
forces have brought us to this point and what sustains these forces
on a macro as well as micro level? The issue of skewed priorities
placing an inadequate or nonexistent focus on nutritional basics has
been fuelled by a range of far-reaching changes, especially over the
last few decades. Looking back over the decades one can seen an
unhealthy shift in general western eating culture. Many underlying
social, economic and political forces have come together to affect a
confluence of changes which have significantly driven up obesity,
behavioural disorders and a range of other issues such as
age-related diseases triggered by cumulative nutritional
deficiencies and increased oxidative stresses - with nutritional
understanding sinking to unacceptable levels. Thankfully there is
growing awareness that it is the underlying attitudes, educational
methodologies and political/economic biases that must be addressed
if we are to see long lasting and self-perpetuating general health
awareness and allow more people to look after themselves and go
through life with at least basic nutritional understanding and
positive health-awareness. As cities became more urbanised after the
war and car-ownership exploded, more and more took up residence ...
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