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stunned at link between income and obesity
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. 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. |
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