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[KurtNYC]

26. We are a food-centered culture. Every holiday is a feast. We have entire TV networks

dedicated to nothing but food. The View lacked food so they created The Chew. When I walk dogs I see how many little kids are just walking down the sidewalk with food in their hand. They aren't eating it, just carrying it around. Many Taco Bells are now open 24 hours a day. Memorial day used to be about veterans, now it is about picnics and BBQs.

Marketers and large food companies have more data than ever before about how, when and what we eat and how they can sell more year after year. Pure science. One thing they did was take vitamins out of foods so that the consumer stays hungry. They also figured out that diet soda and artificial sweeteners make you hungry for real carbs. They are shoving calories into us any way they can -- Vitamin Water has as many calories than Coke and 33 grams of sugar. Within the world of processed ready to eat foods there is no escape from junk calories.

Food is cheaper now than it ever has been. Food is entertainment and eating is now something we do when bored, lonely, depressed, happy, socializing, awake or asleep (on Ambien).