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Meanwhile 2 billion Coca Colas are sold per day. That's over 75 million kgs of sugar/day - no one bats an eye. Teen/kid addiction to sugar was and is a priorit

by betaby 9mo ago

Meanwhile 2 billion Coca Colas are sold per day. That's over 75 million kgs of sugar/day - no one bats an eye. Teen/kid addiction to sugar was and is a priority. Social networks is a sugar for minds.

shimman 9mo ago
You must have been a child when Michelle Obama said that children needed better food and half the country lost their collective minds. Hard to do anything when corporations control what most legislation is passed.
- betaby 9mo ago
  > You must have been a child when Michelle Obama said My kids were born long before Obama took the office. What's your point again? That president can't control the quality of the food in the country under their control?
  - reaperducer 9mo ago
    The way I read it, he takes issue with your assertion that "nobody bats an eye" at sugar in Coke. This is quite the opposite of everything I've ever seen in my entire life in America. Or perhaps since you mention sugar, not corn syrup, and list quantities in kilograms not pounds or tons, he suspects you may not actually have first-hand experience with this.
    - betaby 9mo ago
      > you may not actually have first-hand experience Sigh ( in canadian )
      - reaperducer 9mo ago
        Thank you for proving my point. Unless Obama was also president of Canada. I may have missed that.
  - shimman 9mo ago
    Point is that people do in fact try to change what you're complaining about, your dismissive comments are just sad. Go out and organize rather than shouting into the void if this is what you care about.
- reaperducer 9mo ago
  I've always wondered if her initiative, which caused some big food companies to reduce fat and salt in their products, and change their frying media, is the reason for the rise of Sriracha in America. My theory is that the food tasted less flavorful, so people compensated by adding their own. I don't eat a lot of junk food, but for a long time after the Obama administration, when I did partake, often my immediate reaction was "Wow. These aren't as tasty as I remember." /I'm looking at you, Cool Ranch Doritos.
  - malfist 9mo ago
    Can you point to any examples of big food companies actually making changes for Michelle Obama's campaign?
    - mikkupikku 9mo ago
      Sisco, e.g. public school cafeterias. That's probably about it. The way in which school menus were actually changed was very misguided however.
    - reaperducer 9mo ago
      First two results from this new-fangled thing they call a "search engine:" https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768807?resultClick=1 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768807?re... https://www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12866484/michelle-obama-childhood-obesity-lets-move https://www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12866484/michelle-obama-childh...
      - malfist 9mo ago
        I appreciate you sharing those links, even if you had to get a jab in doing it :-)
  - red-iron-pine 9mo ago
    sriracha has a ton of sugar in it, ditto for things like ketchup. in all likelihood it's just enshittification, as those big corps make more slop for the plebs to eat in the cheapest way possible
antiframe 9mo ago
"No one bats an eye" is a weird take when the Federal Government, via the Department of Health and Human Services, has literally just declared war on added sugar. [1] Also, lots of people have already changed their diets [2] regarded added sugar. Sugar has been vilified for longer and more vociferously than social media use by kids, but that may be changing now. [1]: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-01-07/trump-administration-declares-war-on-sugar https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-01-07/trump-admin... [2]: https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)02461-9/pdf https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)02461-9/pdf
- tokyobreakfast 9mo ago
  Well the narrative has already been promulgated that they are "anti-science" so it's being ignored. Sugar is good. Hey Mom, send down more Pixie Stix!!
  - antiframe 9mo ago
    You must run in different circles than I, most people I know have reduced their added sugar consumption. My point was that there has been a swelling wave of anti-sugar sentiment over the last decades and it's reach the point were even RFK loudly said sugar is bad. That's the opposite of "no one bat's an eye". Of course people will ignore all sorts of advice for all sorts of reasons, but the sentiment (as shown by the decline of added sugar consumption) is there, and growing.
    - tokyobreakfast 9mo ago
      I recall a discussion here recently whereupon the list of items eligible for nutrition assistance (food stamps) in the USA were changed to exclude unhealthy foods, especially those with added sugar. Which BTW affects poorer communities disproportionately with long-term health problems like diabetes. Elimination of processed sugar is a good thing. Despite this, the discussion quickly pivoted to "how dare you keep poor children from enjoying birthday cake".
    - dylan604 9mo ago
worik 9mo ago
> no one bats an eye. Untrue My six year old grand child made up a food related game for me to play with them that involved penalties for choosing food with sugar. Somebody is getting to them, good

by betaby 9mo ago

Meanwhile 2 billion Coca Colas are sold per day. That's over 75 million kgs of sugar/day - no one bats an eye. Teen/kid addiction to sugar was and is a priority. Social networks is a sugar for minds.

shimman 9mo ago

You must have been a child when Michelle Obama said that children needed better food and half the country lost their collective minds. Hard to do anything when corporations control what most legislation is passed.

betaby 9mo ago
> You must have been a child when Michelle Obama said My kids were born long before Obama took the office. What's your point again? That president can't control the quality of the food in the country under their control?
- reaperducer 9mo ago
  The way I read it, he takes issue with your assertion that "nobody bats an eye" at sugar in Coke. This is quite the opposite of everything I've ever seen in my entire life in America. Or perhaps since you mention sugar, not corn syrup, and list quantities in kilograms not pounds or tons, he suspects you may not actually have first-hand experience with this.
  - betaby 9mo ago
    > you may not actually have first-hand experience Sigh ( in canadian )
    - reaperducer 9mo ago
      Thank you for proving my point. Unless Obama was also president of Canada. I may have missed that.
- shimman 9mo ago
  Point is that people do in fact try to change what you're complaining about, your dismissive comments are just sad. Go out and organize rather than shouting into the void if this is what you care about.
reaperducer 9mo ago
I've always wondered if her initiative, which caused some big food companies to reduce fat and salt in their products, and change their frying media, is the reason for the rise of Sriracha in America. My theory is that the food tasted less flavorful, so people compensated by adding their own. I don't eat a lot of junk food, but for a long time after the Obama administration, when I did partake, often my immediate reaction was "Wow. These aren't as tasty as I remember." /I'm looking at you, Cool Ranch Doritos.
- malfist 9mo ago
  Can you point to any examples of big food companies actually making changes for Michelle Obama's campaign?
  - mikkupikku 9mo ago
    Sisco, e.g. public school cafeterias. That's probably about it. The way in which school menus were actually changed was very misguided however.
  - reaperducer 9mo ago
    First two results from this new-fangled thing they call a "search engine:" https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768807?resultClick=1 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768807?re... https://www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12866484/michelle-obama-childhood-obesity-lets-move https://www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12866484/michelle-obama-childh...
    - malfist 9mo ago
      I appreciate you sharing those links, even if you had to get a jab in doing it :-)
- red-iron-pine 9mo ago
  sriracha has a ton of sugar in it, ditto for things like ketchup. in all likelihood it's just enshittification, as those big corps make more slop for the plebs to eat in the cheapest way possible

antiframe 9mo ago

"No one bats an eye" is a weird take when the Federal Government, via the Department of Health and Human Services, has literally just declared war on added sugar. [1] Also, lots of people have already changed their diets [2] regarded added sugar. Sugar has been vilified for longer and more vociferously than social media use by kids, but that may be changing now. [1]: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-01-07/trump-administration-declares-war-on-sugar https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-01-07/trump-admin... [2]: https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)02461-9/pdf https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)02461-9/pdf

tokyobreakfast 9mo ago
Well the narrative has already been promulgated that they are "anti-science" so it's being ignored. Sugar is good. Hey Mom, send down more Pixie Stix!!
- antiframe 9mo ago
  You must run in different circles than I, most people I know have reduced their added sugar consumption. My point was that there has been a swelling wave of anti-sugar sentiment over the last decades and it's reach the point were even RFK loudly said sugar is bad. That's the opposite of "no one bat's an eye". Of course people will ignore all sorts of advice for all sorts of reasons, but the sentiment (as shown by the decline of added sugar consumption) is there, and growing.
  - tokyobreakfast 9mo ago
    I recall a discussion here recently whereupon the list of items eligible for nutrition assistance (food stamps) in the USA were changed to exclude unhealthy foods, especially those with added sugar. Which BTW affects poorer communities disproportionately with long-term health problems like diabetes. Elimination of processed sugar is a good thing. Despite this, the discussion quickly pivoted to "how dare you keep poor children from enjoying birthday cake".
  - dylan604 9mo ago

worik 9mo ago

> no one bats an eye. Untrue My six year old grand child made up a food related game for me to play with them that involved penalties for choosing food with sugar. Somebody is getting to them, good