Tweets from Leonie Joubert’s Talk on Why Cities Make Us Fat at EthicsXchange
Leonie Joubert, author of The Hungry Season, gave a talk on why cities make us fat at the EthicsXchange, held last week at The Fugard Theatre. She spoke about how many children in South Africa start their day off eating highly refined food. Many of these children will have compromised IQs as a result of poor nourishment in their first two years of life.
Joubert also explained that, while people might not be going hungry in the cities, they may be malnourished as a result of cheap food being highly processed.
Read the tweets sent out during her talk:
@LeonieJoubert on why cities make us fat…. #EthicsX
— EthicsXchange (@ethicsXchange) November 5, 2013
#EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert Many children begin their day eating highly refined food – white bread in milk with sugar.
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
"60% of us live in cities, far away from the soil that provides us with our beef stroganoff" @LeonieJoubert #EthicsX
— EthicsXchange (@ethicsXchange) November 5, 2013
#EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert Discussing 'food security' and what it really means for SAs in our homes.
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
#EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert One in five children arrives at school undernourished and will fail to become a self-actualised adult
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
@ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert 1 in 5 South African kids compromised IQ as result of poor nourishment in early developmental stages #ethics
— Morné du Plessis (@plessis_morne) November 5, 2013
@LeonieJoubert highlights the importance of good nutrition in a child's first 2 years. "The 1000 days golden window." #ethicsx
— EthicsXchange (@ethicsXchange) November 5, 2013
#EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert Growing obecity is normal response of normal people to abnormal environment
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
#EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert The modern food production is not geared towards nutritious meals.
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
Modern food industry knows how to target the pleasure sensors in our brains, says @LeonieJoubert. #EthicsX
— EthicsXchange (@ethicsXchange) November 5, 2013
#EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert Food available in city is often cheap but too highly processed so we end up malnourished.
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
#EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert Food industry must be seen as a polluter and should be required to pay for their mess.
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
@ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert a third of food produced worldwide wasted #ethics Ask what to do wcalories produced rather than producing more
— Morné du Plessis (@plessis_morne) November 5, 2013
@EthicsX @ethicsXchange @LeonieJoubert 'Sugar is tomorrow's tobacco – and must be regulated.'
— This Is Good Money (@SATalksMoney) November 5, 2013
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- The Hungry Season: Feeding Southern Africa’s Cities by Leonie Joubert, Eric Miller
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