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squeeeb · 05-25-2007, 08:03 AM

d'jever notice lots of "poor" people are fat? why is that? you would think being poor would mean they are starving, and so they would be skinny. a few hundred years ago, being fat meant you were wealthy and well off, a status symbol, and now only the "rich" seem to be able to be thin.

the only thing i can think of is that "poor" people buy cheap food, which is processed, which is unhealthy, which makes you fat. taco bell, mcdonalds, etc, all have $1 menus, you can eat there every day cheaply, and that will make you fat.

i use the terms "rich" and "poor" reletively. thing is..i've seen real no kidding poverty. those people were skinny, unhealthy skinny, because they didn't have money for food. they also didn't have a radio, clothes, cigarettes, or a car, or a phone, etc. many "poor" americans are living better than poor folks in other countries.

but i see homeless americans (real homeless, the guys sleeping on the side of the road with shoes so old thier feet stick out) who are fat, and i wonder, how can you be fat if you are starving and poor?

05-25-2007, 08:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	why are poor people fat? d'jever notice lots of "poor" people are fat? why is that? you would think being poor would mean they are starving, and so they would be skinny. a few hundred years ago, being fat meant you were wealthy and well off, a status symbol, and now only the "rich" seem to be able to be thin. the only thing i can think of is that "poor" people buy cheap food, which is processed, which is unhealthy, which makes you fat. taco bell, mcdonalds, etc, all have $1 menus, you can eat there every day cheaply, and that will make you fat. i use the terms "rich" and "poor" reletively. thing is..i've seen real no kidding poverty. those people were skinny, unhealthy skinny, because they didn't have money for food. they also didn't have a radio, clothes, cigarettes, or a car, or a phone, etc. many "poor" americans are living better than poor folks in other countries. but i see homeless americans (real homeless, the guys sleeping on the side of the road with shoes so old thier feet stick out) who are fat, and i wonder, how can you be fat if you are starving and poor? __________________ onward to mayhem!