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Old 04-14-2023, 08:11 AM
 
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poor people eat alot of unhealty food.

urban myth.
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Old 04-15-2023, 08:37 PM
 
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urban myth.
Not a myth. Obesity rates are highly correlated with income levels at present.
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Old 04-16-2023, 12:52 PM
 
Location: New York, NY
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Not a myth. Obesity rates are highly correlated with income levels at present.
Actually it USED to be that individuals with higher incomes had lower levels of obesity (in fact much lower than the poorest demographic for sure), but that actually has started to change. The thinking was that those of us with higher incomes have access to better food options and eat better, but now it seems that more and more people are eating garbage. This is demonstrated by the increase in obesity in all income levels.

I will say that shopping in Whole Foods, I don't see many overweight people, as I always got the impression that those of us that shop there a. care about what we eat (I absolutely pay attention to the ingredients that are in what I buy and where the products come from as well) and b. are usually of higher incomes that can afford to pay more for higher quality food (buying local and organic is not cheap), but I don't think that plays out in other supermarkets.
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Old 04-16-2023, 01:50 PM
 
Location: New York New York
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Outside of NYC once I found this simple food truck designed for feeding the community for free. They’d set up near places that people can use free meals. They would show up at regular times during the week so you knew when they would be there.

The stuff was great simple foods without any chemicals added. It was actually healthy, clean, free hot meals. They also had homemade pickle’s. Sweet potatoes. Collard greens. Meats without any complicated chemical additives or other negative food combinations.

Clean American soul food that was free to go. Man it was amazing. They would set up once or twice per week and allow each person up to 3 to go containers and they did not skimp either. It was all fresh and smart food, some probably produced in a great garden.

It was wonderful.
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