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Originally Posted by pornclerk
I don't know if I am really buying the whole argument that poor people are fat. Where is this information coming from?
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There have been a number of pretty well-validated studies linking low income and obesity:
http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/59/8/670 (Conclusions: Obesity, diabetes mortality, and calorie consumption were associated with income inequality in developed countries. Increased nutritional problems may be a consequence of the psychosocial impact of living in a more hierarchical society.)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art...?artid=1448278 (from Finland - findings showing it's not just low income that's linked with obesity, but in fact obesity is linked with income as a gradient. Results. Compared with their normal-weight counterparts, obese women with higher education or in upper white-collar positions had significantly lower income; a smaller income disadvantage was seen in overweight women with secondary education and in manual workers. Excess body weight was not associated with income disadvantages in men.)
http://www.nber.org/digest/feb03/w9247.html ("The incidence of obesity is most prevalent among those sectors of the workforce (chiefly low-end wage earners, women, non-whites) whose real income has fallen even as more hours are devoted to work.")
It's not just in the US - I found studies from Thailand, Finland (above), the UK, Canada, etc.
We're not just making this up based on anecdotal evidence.
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I don't recall walking into a grocery store and thinking that the healthier foods are more expensive, in fact I think they are cheaper.
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I think this has been pretty well addressed by posts above. You might think they're cheaper, but you're wrong.