KittenKoder
Senior Member
I have never really got why poor people are fat! I get really why they are but when I was a broke college student living with my friend it was the best diet to be on. Of course I worked and didn't recieve food stamps.
My friend actually takes care of a lady who is like these people.
Actually it's logical as to why. The price of one apple is more than a bag of chips these days, and the chips will make you feel fuller. So when they are low on funds people tend to buy more junk food, thus those who are low on funds all the time or are homeless will buy junk food all the time.
Sorry, I have to disagree. I don't believe that it is the cost at all, it's simply that chips taste better than an apple.
Terms like "poor" are misleading, since we have the richest poor people in the world in this country. The problem is more like "gratification now" than nutrition. Remember that the obesity problem goes beyound the poor.
While true on most points, many areas do have a higher cost for fresh produce than junk food, mostly because of transportation issues. Recently they discovered this was a major problem in our city, so they have been trying to drive the prices up for junk food (counter productive really as the prices for fresh food seem to go up with them) because when they looked at what people were buying with food stamps they decided to find out why. This was the answer they had gotten, one which I have found to be true. I can't stand chips very often myself, they taste funny to me after only a few, so I don't buy them very often since I wind up tossing most of even the small bags in the trash. However I did notice that my favorite foods are extremely expensive compared to these. A jar of plain pickles (ie natural ingredients) costs me $5 for a 24 oz jar (mostly water as we know). I get a deal on cucumbers at the market in the summer time at 3 for 2.50 (normally $1 each) because I can actually eat three in a sitting (nummers ... with a touch of salt they are awesome!), but during the winter they are $2 each in most stalls. But I can get a bag of candy for 50 cents if I wanted (blech).