Want to have some fun? Ask a liberal why it is such a large percentage of obese children are from lower income families.
I laughed about that! I love how they cite poverty as a reason for obesity.
Ooooooooooo ooooooooooooo, pick me, pick me, I know the answer!!!!! It's it's it's because they can't afford good food, what with food stamps and wic and other food programs, they JUST CAN'T afford to buy good food..........oooooooo oooooooo do I get a gold star, huh, huh, do I, do I, huh, huh, LOL!?????
They're well aware of that fact - and they'll (rightly) point out that cheap food is invariably unhealthy.
When you can get food from the dollar menu from McDonalds cheaper than what you can cook, obesity is always going to be a factor.
A personal anecdote - I graduated high school heavy. Dining hall food was a disaster. I put on 25 lbs. my freshman year alone. My sophomore and junior years I added even more. I hit my peak my junior year at 305 (at 6'0", that's just not good). My senior year, I started dieting. My first year of grad school, I started exercising. I lost 110 lbs., and have kept it off for 3 years. But my food bill doubled from the fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains. I had to buy expensive running shoes to keep from getting injured.
In short, fitness is expensive.
The question for us conservatives is this - how can we, in the free market, encourage fitness and healthy living? How can we make nutritious food cheaper without too many handouts?
>>>>Want to have some fun? Ask a liberal why it is such a large percentage of obese children are from lower income families.
Lower income families tend to eat more processed food. That produces an interesting phenomenon, overweight, malnourished people.
Government subsidizes high calorie junk foods for one thing. Example, high fructose corn syrup. Junk food calories are cheaper than whole food calories.
I note that most cities are said to be obese because of poverty. Strange. Where were all of the fat people during the depression?