...the unhealthiest places in the United States--Logan County, West Virginia. With a population of 36,000 people in 2008, the Centers for Disease Control put the estimated rate of diabetes in Logan County at 14.8 percent, the highest in the U.S.For more information on how industrial food is making Americans sick, I highly recommend that you read the book by Michael Pollan entitled, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. After reading this book, you will never look at food the same way again.
Here, the causes were much clearer. Among them are the 36 fast food restaurants in Logan County--one for every 1,000 residents. Obesity and diabetes go hand in hand. Some have proclaimed Logan County the "diabetes capital" of the U.S., but there are counties in Mississippi that are in nearly as bad a shape.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
A pandemic made by capitalism
by Joe Allen (a diabetic) from Socialist Worker.