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Poor Britons healthier than rich Americans | 61 comments (61 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Why did you skip "overweight"? Poor people have fewer choices in what they eat. Fast food is dead cheap (99 cent tacos, and 99 cent big macs). At supermarkets in poorer areas the produce is less fresh, there are less pressed juices and more juices from concentrate, or "juice drinks", with higher sugar content, the milk is of poorer quality... The "processed cheese food" and "processed meats" have higher fat content, the baked goods are made with hydrogenated oil... After I found out that Ralphs (an upmarket supermarket chain) owned Food4Less (a low-end chain), the few times I happened to find myself at a Food4Less I took it as an exercise in class awareness.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 4th, 2006 at 04:29:37 PM EST
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I know, but it's easier to argue that a bit of thought and self-control would offset that. Not that one has time with two jobs and kids.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu May 4th, 2006 at 04:40:00 PM EST
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If you have the income, you can substitute healthier, more expensive foods. But if you don't have the income you still have to get your 1500 - 2000 calories by eating  crap, or eat better food but be hungry.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 4th, 2006 at 04:41:47 PM EST
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I know that - and if you're working in a physically demanding job you need a lot more that 1500 calories.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu May 4th, 2006 at 04:43:12 PM EST
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Poor Britons healthier than rich Americans | 61 comments (61 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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