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I generally like this post that's been going around Tumblr referencing specific studies about fat and health and moral panic, but:

Food deserts are a thing.

If you consider every deli that has a couple of bananas and onions to be a grocery store, like the studies reference by the New York Times article, you can prove that food deserts are not a problem.

But there are places that don't have real grocery stores with a reasonable selection of fruits and vegetables nearby. And there are places where the real grocery stores nearby have produce that is old and rotting. (Grocery stores in rich neighborhoods buy fresher produce than grocery stores in poor neighborhoods).

Food deserts aren't a problem because of fat people. But it is probably healthier to have access to a good variety of decent produce than to not have access to it.

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On persistence and the long con of being a successful writer, by Kameron Hurley.