John Mackey, the founder of Whole Foods, blames obesity on bad decisions by consumers rather than lack of access to healthy food. “It’s less about access and more about people making poor choices, mostly due to ignorance.” https://t.co/IvDFUcAvJj
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 24, 2020
We’ve deleted a tweet that mischaracterized John Mackey’s comments about obesity in the U.S. Mackey blamed poor decision making, a lack of education about healthy options, and the marketing of fast food and processed food for the problem. https://t.co/IvDFUcAvJj
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 24, 2020
If I could fast, I would. Food has no pleasure for me, not when affluent food snobs can judge you on the spot and online.