Look around you. All those fat people aren’t on food stamps. Oprah isn’t on food stamps, I’m not on food stamps, the obese in my family aren’t on food stamps, etc.
I know plenty of obese black women. And while blacks are disproportionately receiving food stamps, the obesity in that community doesn’t really pick and choose that way. A good percentage of nurses in the local hospital are even bigger than I am. I’m surprised they can actually walk around and complete their shifts they’re so big. And they make way more than food stamp recipients.
Look at pics from 1990 that show ‘regular people’. Ie the middle class. People at ball games, family weddings, old news programming, etc. Obese people under ~30 were rare, regardless of food stamp use. Now look at the same venues. It’s difficult to find anyone who isn’t a bit pudgy and really easy to find obese under 30’s.
I grew up in the poorest state in the union. Lots of food stamp users and free lunch users in my school growing up. And yet, when I look at old pictures, they’re not fat either. Black girls used to be thin. Even when they were getting ‘assistance’. Even after they had babies in their teens they were still fairly thin.
I had a black roommate in college whose mom was on food stamps for a good deal of her childhood. She was thin, my roommate was thin, mom’s sister was thin, etc.
Want to see what black young people used to look like? Watch ‘Soul Train’ sometime. Even Soul Train from the 80’s.
What’s your best guess about cause?