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Do Poor People Eat More Junk Food Than Wealthier Americans?
NBC4I ^ | June 16, 2017

Posted on 06/16/2017 4:17:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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As nutrition experts point out, it is not the healthiest type of meal since it is typically high in fat and salt. More widely, it’s seen as a key factor in the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. and throughout the world.

Because it’s considered relatively inexpensive, there’s an assumption that poor people eat more fast food than other socioeconomic groups – which has convinced some local governments to try to limit their access. Food journalist Mark Bittman sums up the sentiment succinctly:

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Our recently published research examined this assumption by looking at who eats fast food using a large sample of random Americans. What we found surprised us: Poor people were actually less likely to eat fast food – and do so less frequently – than those in the middle class, and only a little more likely than the rich.

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1 posted on 06/16/2017 4:17:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I don’t even care.

I see poor people and they are all fat and they want more of my money because their children are hungry. “No”. Just “No”.


2 posted on 06/16/2017 4:21:01 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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think EBT


3 posted on 06/16/2017 4:22:01 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: nickcarraway

junk food isn’t only fast food. grocery stores are full of junk food.


4 posted on 06/16/2017 4:23:11 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: nickcarraway

Ya and we know there are food deserts, and there are too many liquor stores and convenience stores in the ghetto which sell chips and snack tho foods rather than nutritious arugula. Michelle Obama and others have lectured us about this already.


5 posted on 06/16/2017 4:24:38 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: nickcarraway

Analyze a hamburger.

Bread.. is bread junk?
Beef... is beef junk?
Lettuce and stuff.. is that junk?

Where does the junk enter the equation?

Is it just about who sells it?


6 posted on 06/16/2017 4:25:58 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: nickcarraway
So what are some alternative solutions?...

We found that people who said they checked ingredients before eating new foods had lower fast-food intake. This suggests that making it easier for Americans to learn what is in their food could help sway consumers away from fast food and toward healthier eating options.


How bad do you have to be at basic reasoning to come up with a conclusion so erroneous? The evidence "suggests" nothing of the sort. It merely suggests that health-conscious people (those that check labels) are less likely to eat junk food.
7 posted on 06/16/2017 4:28:38 PM PDT by jjsheridan5
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To: nickcarraway

Many “poor” people are fat slobs. They eat more of everything they can get their hands (and mouths) on.


8 posted on 06/16/2017 4:31:07 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: nickcarraway

George Orwell wrote about how poor people would rather spend a nickel on a candy bar over a far healthier apple, be cause they felt they needed a little luxury in their lives.


9 posted on 06/16/2017 4:33:36 PM PDT by Mark was here (Fake news = "Hands up ... Dont shoot")
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To: humblegunner

Grade-D meat on a nutrition-free bun? Do they even eat the iceberg lettuce on an under-ripe tomato?


10 posted on 06/16/2017 4:33:39 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: nickcarraway

Forget the fast food, the coffee alone is billions. I make a cup for cents and see my apt neighbors go across the street and pay $2.


11 posted on 06/16/2017 4:37:26 PM PDT by Jolla
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Are these people educated in public schools? Why are they not taught this? Do they not have mothers and fathers who feed them and tell them what to eat? We are constantly fed this crap—never the fault of the person—constantly taunting society and requiring more government intervention. Eat what you want and suffer the consequences. You reap what you sow.


12 posted on 06/16/2017 4:37:30 PM PDT by Fungi (Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
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To: nickcarraway
True. I remember stopping at a grocery in a very poor neighborhood on my way home from work and being absolutely appalled by the expensive and very junky food they sold. No wonder poor people are fat and unhealthy.

OTOH, they may demand junk food...and refuse to eat nutritious stuff. Probably both things are true.

13 posted on 06/16/2017 4:39:41 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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Fast food is not actually that cheap.


14 posted on 06/16/2017 4:40:09 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway
If politicians really want to improve the health of the poor, limiting fast-food restaurants in low-income neighborhoods is probably not the way to go.

It's not the job of politicians to improve anyone's health by telling them how to eat. It is none of their business. I repeat, it is none of them damn business.

The exception being free food, i.e. SNAP, provided to people by confiscating my earnings. Then we limit them to beans, rice, meat, bread, potatoes and vegetables. Nothing else.

15 posted on 06/16/2017 4:48:35 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
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When I was a kid in the early 60s my dad and I were driving through a poor neighborhood, and I was surprised by how many fat people I saw. I said I thought poor people can’t afford enough to eat, why are there so many fat people? He told me “they eat too many starches (carbs) because they are cheap, and starches make you fat”. My dad was a smart man.


16 posted on 06/16/2017 4:48:42 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Fungi
Are these people educated in public schools? Why are they not taught this?

In many cases, they are taught this and really don't care. I taught classes in "Healthy Living for Chronic Conditions," a program created at Stanford U, and was really surprised at the resistance to nutritional information. Young women with little kids listened attentively and took notes, but fat guys who needed help to walk across the room could not be convinced to even try something new.

One of those fat guys, in his twenties, had an absolutely astonishing rich voice and I suggested he go to local community college (free) and take courses in radio presenting/announcing. You should have seen the look on his face. Terror. Oh no, he said. He was happy collecting government benefits and playing video games.

Hard to know how to untangle that mess. I got fed up and quit teaching, though I made some good friends there--other teachers I'm still in touch with. They've all quit the program.

17 posted on 06/16/2017 4:49:49 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
It's not the job of politicians to improve anyone's health by telling them how to eat

Maybe it is. The cost of healthcare is growing astronomically, and really, there is a place for prevention. You have to get them early though, before the force of habit is impossible to budge.

18 posted on 06/16/2017 4:52:09 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Mark was here

Reminds me of some liberal do-gooder about thirty five years ago who went to South America to help the poor people.
He helped a poor man harvest and sell his crops, then the poor man went and bought himself a Coca Cola!
The lib was horrified as he felt the poor man was enriching US corporations. He himself showed his “moral superiority” by buying some locally produced milk to drink.


19 posted on 06/16/2017 4:58:44 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Veto!

No, it’s not. Period. If you don’t like sharing someone else’s insurance costs then don’t buy insurance. But don’t hire politicians to unconstitutionally abridge my rights because you want to tell me what to do.

That is s slippery slope to total statism.


20 posted on 06/16/2017 5:01:12 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
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