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Why are poor people fatter? (pg. 3)
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
next time at the supermarket check out what the people with food stamps are buying. ing butterfingers, cupcakes, twinkies & soda pop. then the losers feed that to thier fat ass kids. |
read the article i just posted. that has little influence on the larger reason that poor people eat mostly food. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
read the article i just posted. that has little influence on the larger reason that poor people eat mostly food. |
still disappointing, however.
i remember watching a thing on 20/20 a few years ago about trying to get more healthier foods into the school systems. turns out Coke and Pizza Hut have a pretty good stronghold on the lunch-box system. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
are fat people useful?
John Candy, Gabe Newell, Povarotti, Suge Knight..... |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
John Candy, |
one of the funniest men evar. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
still disappointing, however.
i remember watching a thing on 20/20 a few years ago about trying to get more healthier foods into the school systems. turns out Coke and Pizza Hut have a pretty good stronghold on the lunch-box system. |
it goes into a lot of that too. that article was VERY informative for someone who doesnt know anything about the state of the food system. |
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| jonSun |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Funny. I work at a grocery store and you're quite off with that one. Every person I've seen with food stamps has bought actual food, healthy food and nine times out of ten they are always making the right choice. |
Thats good its like that by you, cause by me it wasnt. My first job was at a grocery store. Now it was many years ago but we even used to joke in disgust while a good portion of the people on some sort of gov. help were buying crap for themselves & fat kids. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Funny. I work at a grocery store and you're quite off with that one. Every person I've seen with food stamps has bought actual food, healthy food and nine times out of ten they are always making the right choice. |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
Thats good its like that by you, cause by me it wasnt. My first job was at a grocery store. Now it was many years ago but we even used to joke in disgust while a good portion of the people on some sort of gov. help were buying crap for themselves & fat kids. |
well i am a product of a former welfare family. i am pretty thin but most of my family is fat. they havent been on welfare for about 10 years now (i think its been longer) but they are poor. i can attest to the fact that its MUCH cheaper to buy food than good food. especially when theres 7 kids. its just expensive as hell to eat properly. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
i will flat out say it. youre wrong. here is a great article that depicts the state the US food system is in.
source
i actually posted a thread on this around the same time this article was written. |
Yeah, I will agree with that. I still maintain that someone could eat relatively healthy on a modest budget though. It comes down portioning, being crafty, and eating the basics. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It's pretty well known that in Europe and America, rates of obesity are significantly higher among the poor.
Why is that the case? |
i wrote a paper about this last year.. pretty much what everyone else has said. eating healthy is not only a trend here in the united states, but an expensive habit as well. eating fast food here in the united states will cost you less than buying friuts and veggies in the grocery store.. and vice versa. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I've heard the "bad food costs less" explanation a lot, but it makes no sense. How fat you get ultimately depends on how much you eat, not what you eat. You could eat nothing but McDonald's and still not get fat, as long as you ate a small enough amount. |
no, you can eat 1 pound of chken and salad and it wont get you as fat as if you eat one pound of double cheese burger and fries. think about it.. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
Yeah, I will agree with that. I still maintain that someone could eat relatively healthy on a modest budget though. It comes down portioning, being crafty, and eating the basics. |
how long has it been since you priced ty food? i used to eat horribly and get ty food. ive changed my diet since then and i try to eat decently. relative to how much i require just for daily consumption it would cost me $20-25/day to eat healthy. if i eat totally ty i can eat for $8/day. if i eat decently i spend about $12/day. this is based on 2 meals per day. thats a HUGE difference. |
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| DJ Itchy Tits |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It's pretty well known that in Europe and America, rates of obesity are significantly higher among the poor.
Why is that the case? |
garbage in, garbage out
Itchy |
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