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Originally Posted by ItWasMe
Tell them it's because the cheapest food here is also the worst for you. Ramen noodles, fast food, and pizza are fattening. Not that fast food is that cheap, but if I had no kitchen that's what I'd be eating (if anything).
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
"Drewnowski concluded that the rules of the food game in America are organized in such a way that if you are eating on a budget, the most rational economic strategy is to eat badly — and get fat."
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Okay, this conclusion of this article seemed a bit silly to me. Is it suggesting that people on a really tight budget will only live off of things such as pop and chips? There is more to the problem than this. For example: what social group typically has a problem of poverty? One answer is single mothers. What's a single mother to do when she's working two jobs and raising two kids? Convenience foods are cheap and fast. But to say that healthy food isn't cheap isn't quite true. Rice, oats, beans, canned meats, frozen vegetables... these are all pretty cheap, aren't they? But you do need to prepare them. Also, when you're stressed out because you're not sure if you can pay the rent this month (yet again), junk food is also comfort food.
"...the most rational economic strategy is to eat badly — and get fat." The most
rational? Poppycock.