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The point is that Food Stamp recipients have extremely disproportionately higher obesity rates, even compared to the income eligible poor who DON'T receive Food Stamps. The USDA has identified a problem with duplication and overlap of multiple Federal Nutrition Service programs for the poor. And minorities are disproportionately high enrollees in those programs.
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Southern states would still be at top of the obesity list if you took those demographics out. Obesity is everyone's problem in the south for various reasons. I explained the math in another thread as to why, and you never responded.
I'm not seeing it. There are significant racial disparities in obesity rates, even in the South. The demographics DO matter. For example, just a quick check on the stats for 5 Southern states:
My grandparents were poor, they were able to pay for a very modest home that they rented, my grandfather would find furniture someone might be throwing away and fix it up, their "luxury" vacations might be a day at the public beach or a state park, but they were happy. My point, they didn't have much, but they sure ate well. I grew up in the 60's, my grandfather hunted and fished, they kept a vegetable garden in the summer, my grandmother baked fresh breads and cakes, they would can veggies for the winter, make fresh relishes and preserves with seasonal produce. We ate very well and they would put on a feast on special occasions. So when I hear that people can't eat good foods because they can't afford it, I say BS, you could if you wanted to and made the effort.
Soda is one of the main culprits, a regular can of coke has 38 grams of sugar!!!
I work for a major gas station/ convenience store chain, our largest fountain drinks used to be 32 oz just 10 yrs ago..today its a 52oz. strangely all fountain drinks are same price, no matter what size. Not too hard to determine where the trend is going, so this alone proves there is some kind of agenda, planning involved, introduce larger and larger sizes.
Soda is one of the main culprits, a regular can of coke has 38 grams of sugar!!!
I work for a major gas station/ convenience store chain, our largest fountain drinks used to be 32 oz just 10 yrs ago..today its a 52oz. strangely all fountain drinks are same price, no matter what size. Not too hard to determine where the trend is going, so this alone proves there is some kind of agenda, planning involved, introduce larger and larger sizes.
52 oz.?????!!!!!!! WOW! A few more years and they'll be selling it by the bucket.
Not surprising. We've super-sized ourselves. Have you seen how many "snack foods" now fill the grocery aisles? High calories, little nutrition. And the size of the soft drinks these days? Gallons of high calories and zero nutrition.
When our diets are filled with chicken nuggets, burgers, pizza and other junk, we're doomed--as our kids--to a life of obesity and disease.
Don't see any obvious solutions. We're a nation of junk food junkies. So we've got junk health, too.
Soda is one of the main culprits, a regular can of coke has 38 grams of sugar!!!
I work for a major gas station/ convenience store chain, our largest fountain drinks used to be 32 oz just 10 yrs ago..today its a 52oz. strangely all fountain drinks are same price, no matter what size. Not too hard to determine where the trend is going, so this alone proves there is some kind of agenda, planning involved, introduce larger and larger sizes.
Modern wheat is worse than soda. No one needs to be eating wheat, and you will lose weight easily as it has appetite stimulating properties.
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