https://thesociologicalreview....-bipoc-children-eat/
"Almost all of our public health solutions for children rely on individual behaviours, like not drinking soda. Not drinking soda will not solve racism. Whether a person does or does not eat any amount of potato chips is not the key to ending structural poverty. Disproportionately relying on public health measures that target individual behaviours doesn’t appropriately address what are, in fact, structural inequalities. Further, that over-reliance compounds those inequalities....... In our country, food is one of the fastest, cheapest and easiest ways to access comfort, fulfill survival needs, and feel a sense of participation in our greater consumer culture. Our bodies are brilliantly designed to help us gravitate to the most readily available resources around us that make us feel OK. This is beautifully adaptive behaviour. This isn't bad, and children shouldn’t be made to feel bad for participating in intuitive behaviour."--Virgie Tovar
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