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Originally Posted by squeeeb
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.
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You should walk around the campus that I work at. It's a fairly upscale private college (tuition = $35, 000 to $40,000 a year). There are not a lot of poor people here (a few on scholarships etc.). My wife and I were remarking the other day about how fat the students are. Obviously, not all of them are fat... but enough that we noticed it.
So let me rephrase for you
: "d'jever notice that lots of <s>"poor"</s> people are fat?" The reasons have been discussed throughout this thread many times. Although, addiction is probably too strong a word ... habit is a better word ... poor eating habits.
Taco Bell's Crunchwrap Supreme is awesome (I love 'em) ... but the 700+ calorie cost is just not worth it to me (not to mention the artery clogging). Yet, I see people eating them every day at lunch. Add the 32 oz. of Mountain Dew that most students drink and you're talking a 1000+ calorie lunch. Then there's the snacks and Starbucks drinks.
You get my point. These kids can AFFORD to eat healthy; presumably they have a pretty good education since they are going to this particular school and yet they STILL eat badly.