[Idaho_Cowboy]

This is because poorer Americans spend a greater share of their disposable income on tobacco, alcohol, and high-fat food than richer Americans.

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I'm not a statistician, but wouldn't this be expected since one would assume that the ‘rich’ have more disposable income to start with and their bodies need the same number of calories? Wouldn't dollars spent per person make more sense?

[DoughtyOne]

Studies: They can and do show anything people what them to. Two groups can study the same subject and come up with diametrically opposed opinions.

Buyer beware...

[Norm Lenhart]

Know how to tell liberals run corporate America?

Not one company ever sued for defamation or loss of income. They simply jacked their prices up and made the public pay for the dog and pony shows.

[JoeProBono]

[Popman]

It takes the same energy to burn a calorie in a big mac and a carrot stick...

Personal choice...

[Jedidah]

So what DOES cause obesity, if not diet?

[exDemMom]

This has been a pet peeve of mine for years. I’ve seen far too many “studies” (conducted by physicians with no research training) that show a statistical correlation between factors x and y, and automatically assume x causes y (or vice versa). No. Correlation does not equal causation. Causation actually has to be established by carefully designed experiments, and none of the “studies” showing correlations between consumption of *any* food and obesity have ever been followed up with confirmatory statements.

Obesity is caused by consumption of more calories than the body needs. That fact is both incredibly simple and almost intractably complex.

[GOPJ]

Liberal elite thugs hate facts... this story will be buried.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Unless they’ve come up with a food that forces your mouth open and shoves itself down your throat, I don’t think any food is going to make you fat.