Yes. Yes it does. I’m a minor and this is already a pressing issue on my mind. When I was younger I wanted to pursue a career in politics, now not so much.

1. Highly processed foods usually contain a lot of sweeteners to make them more palatable. Highly processed food is also a lot cheaper here, so we eat a lot of it. Sugars are also addictive, so adding sweeteners encourages people to eat/buy more. 2. At least currently, probably not. I’m in an okay place right now and having to move my whole life again is not really appealing. If I had to choose another country, it would probably be Ireland because I have some family there. 3. Sometimes I feel unsafe, but not too often. As bad as it can be here, the probability of being the victim of a violent crime is still less than half of what it was when I was born. However, we have serious problems we need to address and our current violence issues shouldn’t be the norm.

A lot of the time, yes. But it really depends on the situation.