AHS107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Costco, Socioeconomic Status, Food Industry
12 Dec 2017
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Week 9: lifestyles & selected consequences obesity. Usa & canada amongst highest obesity rates. Variations in prevalence in societies socioeconomic status (ex poverty), (ex aboriginal populations) Societal costs - health care costs are extensive financial & stigmatized cost. Relies on minimizing cost production & maximizing consumption. Food industry is one of the largest in usa (heavy influence in canada) (similar culture) Role of state broadly, foster public good (protect well-being) How do we balance this? (ex ban of selling large soft drinks to youth, protest led to end of ban because it would largely impact the income of store owners) Should governments even be involved in prohibiting what we can buy? (ex cigarettes, drugs etc. ) Profit in obesity large unhealthy food companies get lots of money. Advertising: central feature of consumer culture culture of accumulation/consumption in our culture we want more than we need focus of consumer culture (the body) . Encouraged to shop/buy ex advertise(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, cost(cid:272)o .
