Monday, March 24, 2008

Exporting obesity to Mexico

Mexico is now the second fattest country in the world. The U.S., of course, is first. This is the result of increased presence of American fast food in Mexico, and a move away from a more traditional--and quite healthy--Mexican diet. U.S. investment can make your country fatter.


Some Mexicans say there's less space on an already crowded Mexico City subway because riders are getting larger. At a flea market in the south of the city, vendors hawk clothes brought from the United States made for overweight individuals.

Wow.

1 comments:

Anonymous,  7:58 PM  

This definitely falls under my interest in the politics of food in the region. My dissertation will focus on hunger and policies to combat it, but I think obesity could be a good second project. I'll send you an article from Food Policy about globalization and obesity.

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