Boomers' children are slightly better. They haven't really known rationing so aren't in the position where they really want to push "luxury" crap on their kids.

Boomers' children are slightly better. They haven't really known rationing so aren't in the position where they really want to push "luxury" crap on their kids. It's been a slow realisation but I think we're only just getting to a point where as a population we understand that feeding children crap means we get fat children. Food waste is something slightly different but I agree, there's a very consumerist approach to food these days. Most are disconnected from production so don't care where it comes from, how much effort goes into it, how many welfare sacrifices are make to get its cost down. Fixing both of these issues is done by getting people making and eating real food. Re my original comments, OT is a geriatrician in England. She's seeing people in their 60s and 70s who have had to move back in with their parents to be cared for. You shouldn't be having geriatric issues until you hit your 80s. She obviously doesn't have the direct experience of other generations but her colleagues tell me this is a relatively recent thing, with this generation. It'd be interesting to munge through a ton of medical data on this.