Barry Baines
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1,145 appearances
30 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2024
last heard 3 Apr
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And then on the back end, obviously, is, you know, her aunt did a lot to extend people's lives and improve their quality of life. And so it's just like a blessing that you can, you know, pass on to paying it forward, passing it on to others. So Susan and Nicole, thank you so much.
Only that I agree with you 100%. And it's very complex and multifactorial. And things, you know, begin even before children are born in terms of that environment that might predispose them to both obesity, and certainly to diabetes as well. So it's one of these things that's with us.
It's also very genetic because I know as Teresa and Julie probably can talk about, there are certain populations that have a very high prevalence of diabetes that probably has a significant genetic link as well.
you know, in the late 70s and 80s. And a lot of it is from the nutritional perspective, I sort of remember, you know, the 70s and 80s, where the fast food boom, took off. And again, that wouldn't win any healthy food awards, mostly with offerings and a lot more fried foods coming in, more processed foods. So I actually have questions about that.
Even though things are multifactorial for how this happened, it's sort of Can we sort out what are the big play? You know, I'd like to hear what are the priority ones where then we could, you know, all sort of, you know, think about and work together to start making an impact. It's so complicated. We can't do it all. But if we could do something, then Clarence will, you know, will be more calm.
I'll be more calm and Stan will be more calm. But that's one of the things is how can we also help to get the word out? But I wonder if you could just, you know, help us to understand sort of what that priority piece, what are the big players, you know, in this?
Yeah, I just wanted to build on that and actually ask more questions because it seems that one of the issues is with the designated food deserts. In a lot of these communities, There are no grocery stores. And the only grocery store is, I would say, 7-Eleven. You know, it's Speedway. It's, you know, Holiday. It's the gas stations and fast foods. You have lots of those, but not grocery stores.
And then in addition, another area is that school lunches and breakfasts, too,
be an opportunity that oftentimes um you know a lot of students in schools are eligible for reduced or free lunches and they also get breakfast and so i'm just you know you know wondering how how significant and i think it does play a significant role but i haven't looked at the research and so i'd be curious to hear from you know teresa both you and julie about that issue if you don't have access julie talked about access to food if you don't have access
to healthy foods you know you have to eat and unfortunately you get lots of calories then you know there might be empty calories but people do need we need calories to carry on and function um and oftentimes these uh low nutrition calories tend to be the most affordable which kind of gets you in this downward spiral and a trap of you know i gotta feed my family i don't have access to
healthy food. So I just wonder if we could just talk a little bit about that. I know we're not going to solve the world's problems on that, but understanding that, that always has been something that pops into my head as being, you know, a significant issue if we're going to make headway and do education.
Oh, OK.
Barry. in addition to the thank yous, I think this is a more of a beginning conversation. And I think getting the word out and getting people talking about this as an issue can also, I hope, create some momentum toward understanding and action. And this is just wonderful to certainly Teresa to reconnect with you and Julie to meet you and
a topic that just is of such importance to all communities, but certainly in the Minnesota community. So thank you so much.
Yeah, Barry. Yeah, one of the things that I wanted to just pick up on is what Clarence had mentioned, and actually all of us have talked about the complexity of this issue. And oftentimes it seems to me that there is a significant knowledge gap, and especially for families, in that they really, they don't know what they don't know. And so they don't know what questions to ask.
And as a result of that, my question is really more what resources might be available for either a checklist of things to cover, a script that they can have the conversation, just a sidebar. My wife and I were involved in having our well, Sandy's mom, but my mother-in-law who had dementia to move into a long-term care facility. And of course she said she never wanted to do that.
And soon after we did that, my wife and I had had the conversation that sort of like what Clarence was talking about as well, is that when it came to be that time, even if I might not like it, I know that in the bigger picture, that might be the best thing to do. And oftentimes, once you broach the subject and have the conversation, it's easier to talk about.
But many people don't know where to start. They don't know what they don't know, so they don't know what to ask. So I'm wondering what light you might be able to shed on that aspect of it from our resources.
Well, I think the balance here is between quality of life and quantity of life with a lot of these things and kind of deciding. And that's where it gets very individual that each person has their priorities and they'll move ahead. So calorie restriction for me, 1100 calories. I don't know if that. the juice is worth a squeeze.
You know, live another year, you know, longer, but I'll be, you know, going through the cupboards all the time that, you know, that that's not necessarily a positive.
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