International conglomerates? The article makes it seem like it's some great scheme from food companies to intentionally make the world fat and sick. Compare how much 1,000 calories of cookies cost compared to 1,000 calories of your fruit of choice. The author acknowledges that it's a complicated issue yet I fear the mention of the big players in the food chain is a scapegoat tactic. It makes us feel good to call out the bad players in a general sense. It allows us to feel good about our own believies without having a moral responsibility. Rather, we should analyze our own role in the issue and how we might be contributing to the problem. This is an issue directly related to poverty. As socio-economic status increases, this problem decreases. How much of your income have you given to Catholics Charities or the poor? Do you help tutor less fortunate students? Have you supported religious organizations that serve the poor? Those are much harder questions that demand a response from us.