WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I grew up in a place with a lot of food at rich, people called junk food. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We didn't call it junk food. We just called it food. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We went to one place in Mexico, taking bold steps to address. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The fact that nutrition can be pretty damn expensive. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 In Oaxaca. Food is a vital part of tradition, ritual and community. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And more recently business, thousands of tourists, flock to the city's restaurants, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 confirming it standing as a global food Mecca, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but this phenomenon mask, a major and growing problem among locals 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and obesity and diabetes epidemic fueled by highly processed food. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 One third of kids in Mexico are overweight and obese 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and more than 10 percent of its population has diabetes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Mexico has one of the highest number of diabetes cases in the world. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's a country's number one. Killer nigga minutes of the rough about, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it doesn't a sweet odor. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Freako. 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