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Fast-food families.(Letter to the Editor)
In the Jan. 26 issue, an important point is suggested by the juxtaposition of two book reviews: "Rediscovering the Family," about The Two-Income Trap, and "The Fat Police," about Food Fight. It is, namely, that the "obesity epidemic" is more than partially caused by the advent of the two-income family. It takes time to plan, shop for, cook, eat, and clean up after healthy meals, time that parents in two-income families simply don't have. Junk food is marketed to children on TV, which they are watching because their working parents, again, don't have time. The processed-food industry didn't develop in a vacuum, and now one or two generations have had their tastes defined by that industry, and would find it ...
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