"Stacey Bender" wrote in message
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=3854505

This was a very interesting program. I hadn't really thought about the
link between money and diet before, but it makes sense.

If you earn less than 42K/year, which 50% of the US does, you have $4/day
for food.

How can you possibly eat health for that little? You can't. A head of
lettuce is about $2. Fruit and veggies, even if available, are not
purchasable at that income.

Not true at all....our local grocery has head of lettuce for less than a
dollar or a 3lb bag pre cut for less than $2....our local produce market has
oranges for 33cents a lb and apples at 39 cents lb. and banana's for 38
cents a lb..... and/or one can go down to my freezer and get home frozen in
season berries, peaches etc...but filling the freezer does require
effort...... Even basic (broc, cauliflower, spinach, corn, peas etc.) store
bought frozen vegs are not particularly expensive.

So what are you left with? Fast food, where you can get enough calories
for the money. Eating fast food on limitted income is actually the most
rational thing to do.

Or make your own hamburger or fast food item for 1/3 the cost.....
regretably although far from all "poor" people are a bit lazy.....Rod