I don't get it - part 2

[Pedro2005]

Hey Everyone!

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Ok, I warned you.

So here is my observation. Again, I see these New Orleans victims describing how they used to live in a trailer with 10 other people and now they have nothing. Sometimes, it strikes me how overweight some of these individuals are yet according to their description they are extremly poor. How is it possible for someone weighing 300-400 pounds to be extremely poor. They have no money for rent but they have money for way more food then necessary for survival?

I just don't get it.

If you look at any other country where people are extremely poor, practically none of them are overweight (actually, it's quite the opposite). I understand that these people might be eating McDonald's but even McDonald's is not exactly cheap if you eat it day in day out.

So how is it possible for someone sharing a trailer with 10 other people to eat enough extra calories to be 400 pounds? Can somebody enlighten me?

Pedro

PS: This thread is not meant to be offensive in any way. I hope noone feels offended by my comments but I am just curious how the above is possible.

[Chunk]

its them damn aliens.

seriously, ive thought the same thing. Im clueless as to how they get that way as well.

[aShogunNamedMarcus]

You're forgetting to factor in the cost of alcohol and firearms. And tobaccer. Lots of tobaccer.

[switch]

You need to consider that there are a lot of "poor" people in that area. Try doing a search on personal income for the south-eastern states, and you'll find it is pretty low.

Enough money so as not to starve, but only enough to purchase food that has a high calorie per dollar ratio. Also, the climate is pretty hot and muggy, which makes for a lot of lethargy.

[the flying moose]

Originally Posted by switch

You need to consider that there are a lot of "poor" people in that area. Try doing a search on personal income for the south-eastern states, and you'll find it is pretty low.

Enough money so as not to starve, but only enough to purchase food that has a high calorie per dollar ratio. Also, the climate is pretty hot and muggy, which makes for a lot of lethargy.

not to mention low income jobs=more hours worked to make ends meet=little to no time for excercise. throw in a high calorie diet with little or no excercise and you will be overweight.

[Dalifted1]

what costs more a big mac on mc value day or a 12 inch sub at subway

[JdanS]

Cheap/fast food == crap make you fat food

[billytalented]

bad food is cheaper in grocery stores than actual healthy food unless u like vegetables..those can be cheap

[seand]

people live off gov't assistance programs - welface, foodstamps, etc...

you can buy a case of soda for much less money than you can buy a gallon of juice...the money goes farther that way. same goes for chips, fatty microwave dinners...fried stuff in the frozen isle..the list goes on...

you would eat healthy but starve yourself if you tried to be smart about your diet while on foodstamps...

when water costs more than soda...there is a problem. privatization of water caused this and its not going to get better...

the fatness is due to necessity, not always due to gluttony and/or choice...

we, the us, have the fattest poor people in the world...we, the us, have nobody else to blame for that but ourselves - we put administrations in office who control the way things work.

[syncro]

Originally Posted by seand

people live off gov't assistance programs - welface, foodstamps, etc...

you can buy a case of soda for much less money than you can buy a gallon of juice...the money goes farther that way. same goes for chips, fatty microwave dinners...fried stuff in the frozen isle..the list goes on...

you would eat healthy but starve yourself if you tried to be smart about your diet while on foodstamps...

when water costs more than soda...there is a problem. privatization of water caused this and its not going to get better...

the fatness is due to necessity, not always due to gluttony and/or choice...

we, the us, have the fattest poor people in the world...we, the us, have nobody else to blame for that but ourselves - we put administrations in office who control the way things work.

frozen conc. juice is way less expensive than soda

if you eat healthy you need less food. in reality you starve your body of nutrition when you eat a diet of junk.

water is free out of a tap

there is no excuse for being fat or obese, esp not poverty.

the issue is nutrition education. that and people being lazy about their food choices and simly going for the taste of sugar and fat.

[mrraulduke]

it's bullshit
healthy food is cheaper then pre-made unhealthy convinece food. it just comes down to laziness and culinary ignorance. it doesn't take alot of time or energy to make a healthy dinner, but compared to popping a hungry man into the microwave it does.

[gearwh0re]

Originally Posted by synchro

1.frozen conc. juice is way less expensive than soda

2.if you eat healthy you need less food. in reality you starve your body of nutrition when you eat a diet of junk.

3.water is free out of a tap

4.there is no excuse for being fat or obese, esp not poverty.

5.the issue is nutrition education. that and people being lazy about their food choices and simly going for the taste of sugar and fat.

1. frozen concentrate juice may be less expensive, but it is no better for you.

2.true

3. true, as long as it is drinkable (i believe virtually everywhere it the states it is)

4. very very false

5.kinda true

sorry i am too lazy to explain anything

[syncro]

Originally Posted by gearwh0re

1. frozen concentrate juice may be less expensive, but it is no better for you.

2.true

3. true, as long as it is drinkable (i believe virtually everywhere it the states it is)

4. very very false

5.kinda true

sorry i am too lazy to explain anything

1. you pulled a gw. 100% juice is waay better for you then soda. the big thing is you're not supposed to drink a litre of juice in one go. i also recommend that when people make frozen juice they add an extra 1/2 to full can of water to dilute it a bit more. the whole juice thing is bad for you is bunk - it's about how much of it you drink.

4. you need to splain this one my friend. there is no excuse for being overly fat or obese. even the small percentage of people that are predisposed to carrying extra fat don't need to weigh 300lbs.

[NOM4D]

Dont forget, in the areas in which many poor people live, there is MUCH harder access to fresh fruit and other healthy food.

For example, in West Oakland, an area which has 30,000 residents, there is not ONE grocery store. There are McDonalds and other fast food places, and more than 40 liquor stores (liquor stores in california are like a mini-mart, but with beer, wine, and liquor).

It is the same in poor areas throughout the US

[NOM4D]

http://www.hbns.org/newsrelease/supermarkets1-01-02.cfm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4652801.stm
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...obesity09.html