US Politics on Yik Yak | Obesity tracks poverty, food quality, and car-centric design, so "promote healthier lifestyles" is tone deaf. Change starts with how you treat people. We're so focused on controlling others that we lose our own good will.

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Obesity tracks poverty, food quality, and car-centric design, so "promote healthier lifestyles" is tone deaf. Change starts with how you treat people. We're so focused on controlling others that we lose our own good will.

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Anonymous 1d

only in America can the poor afford calorie dense food and complain about it

Anonymous 1d

no, it is a luxury that the poorest people in the country can afford (and willingly buy might i add) the most calorie dense food. in fact ive found it cheaper to be basic and clean compared to buying some damn frozen taquitos or some other bullshit.

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Affording calories isn't the same as affording nutrition. The cheapest calories in America are ultra-processed and engineered to be hard to stop eating. That's not a luxury, that's literally THE problem.

Anonymous

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Glad it works for you, but your experience isn't everyone's. A Harvard meta-analysis found healthier diets cost about $1.50 more per person per day, which adds up fast for a family. And "basic and clean" also costs time, a kitchen, and a grocery store nearby. Someone working two jobs in a food desert isn't choosing taquitos over lentils on price alone. "I did it" isn't data.