Obesity in Poor People
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Lol, go to any 3rd world country and most will have processed foods on the shelves. Why aren't they obese? Because they obviously don't eat as many calories per day as the average American does.
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Yeah, I disagree too. People get fat because they don't know or they don't care. I don't think economic status has much to do with obesity. Its all about choosing what and how much you eat. If you are exposed to the right information you can make better choices regardless of how much money you spend.
My uncle recently died a few months ago due to complications from Obesity. Yep, that's what they put on his death certificate. He battled diabetes and heart issues, too. My family is pretty much middle class so he had the opportunity to change his eating habits and didn't. He worked with weight watchers and he worked with dietitians and he worked with doctors. Still he's dead. Complications from obesity. He chose that path.0 -
What are you considering "poor" for this conversation, that could be subjective. I see people from all economic levels who are extremely obese and others who are a healthy weight. I also have family members who eat all organic nutritious foods who are obese.0
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Also go to a penitentiary. The lowest quality of food you can get for a population of people in America. Guess what the obesity rate is?johnnylakis wrote: »Ask anyone who was alive during World War II. How many poor people were obese? Answer is none. Then why are the poorest people the most obese?
Answer is poor food quality. Today food is cheap. But why? Our food and water is laced with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides and other additives to enhance taste and prolong shelf life. If you saw the conditions in which your meat was produced, you would stop eating meat.
Want an easy weight loss tip? Do what I did. Change as much as you can to organic food. Yes it costs more but you will eat less. You will feel fuller faster and longer. I now save money on groceries because I eat less. I am not as hungry because my body isn't starving for nutrition. You owe it to yourself to try.
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ceoverturf wrote: »auntstephie321 wrote: »ceoverturf wrote: »That is a very interesting observation, and I agree with everything you have said. I have noticed that watching "old" movies...there are not many obese people, and I fully agree that the current situation in is due to stuff like this:
Flourescent lights and shiny floors causes obesity?
Or is it the coolers and folding chairs on top of the displays?
Pls explain.
It's the folding chairs, I've been struggling with weight issues caused by folding chairs for nearly a decade.
OMG I just put a folding chair in my trunk for the summer season. There go my gainz...
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johnnylakis wrote: »Ask anyone who was alive during World War II. How many poor people were obese? Answer is none. Then why are the poorest people the most obese?
Answer is poor food quality. Today food is cheap. But why? Our food and water is laced with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides and other additives to enhance taste and prolong shelf life. If you saw the conditions in which your meat was produced, you would stop eating meat.
Want an easy weight loss tip? Do what I did. Change as much as you can to organic food. Yes it costs more but you will eat less. You will feel fuller faster and longer. I now save money on groceries because I eat less. I am not as hungry because my body isn't starving for nutrition. You owe it to yourself to try.
Sorry, just no. There's a lot of structural reasons for obesity in lower income people in the US, but you've got it way backward. Obviously you've convinced yourself you've got the answers and you're on some sort of crusade, but premise is flawed from the start so your conclusions are simply wrong.
You're welcome to your own opinions, but your self-certainty in your own correctness is bordering on the religious.0 -
ceoverturf wrote: »That is a very interesting observation, and I agree with everything you have said. I have noticed that watching "old" movies...there are not many obese people, and I fully agree that the current situation in is due to stuff like this:
Flourescent lights and shiny floors causes obesity?
Or is it the coolers and folding chairs on top of the displays?
Pls explain.
Is this better?
Lasagna causes obesity?
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auntstephie321 wrote: »ceoverturf wrote: »auntstephie321 wrote: »ceoverturf wrote: »That is a very interesting observation, and I agree with everything you have said. I have noticed that watching "old" movies...there are not many obese people, and I fully agree that the current situation in is due to stuff like this:
Flourescent lights and shiny floors causes obesity?
Or is it the coolers and folding chairs on top of the displays?
Pls explain.
It's the folding chairs, I've been struggling with weight issues caused by folding chairs for nearly a decade.
OMG I just put a folding chair in my trunk for the summer season. There go my gainz...
my condolences
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johnnylakis wrote: »Ask anyone who was alive during World War II. How many poor people were obese? Answer is none. Then why are the poorest people the most obese?
Answer is poor food quality. Today food is cheap. But why? Our food and water is laced with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides and other additives to enhance taste and prolong shelf life. If you saw the conditions in which your meat was produced, you would stop eating meat.
Want an easy weight loss tip? Do what I did. Change as much as you can to organic food. Yes it costs more but you will eat less. You will feel fuller faster and longer. I now save money on groceries because I eat less. I am not as hungry because my body isn't starving for nutrition. You owe it to yourself to try.
actually, food in general was simply not as abundant nor was it cheap....whether it's organic or not is irreverent...whether it's processed or not is irrelevant. Food is cheaper and in abundance...it has everything to do with availability.
I eat cheap food that is apparently laced with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides and the like...I'm a healthy, fit, and lean mother f'er.0 -
People in really poor countries are skinny, too. Perhaps you can switch to subsistence diet and lose even faster.
I don't buy the idea that poor people are obese because they only have access to over-processed food. Foods like beans, lentils, rice, and potatoes are inexpensive and nutritious.
http://business.time.com/2009/08/18/how-to-eat-on-a-dollar-a-day/0 -
Darn....this whole time I thought I should be going for a calorie deficit in order to lose weight....I guess I just need to spend more money.0
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Our food and water is laced with antibiotics, hormones, pesticides and other additives to enhance taste and prolong shelf life
I didn't realise water had a shelf life, or that these things would make it taste better.0 -
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Kings and rich landowners were fat, while the poor paupers were thin0
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Stouffer's Meat Lover's Lasagna: 420 calories per serving. Sounds like a reasonable part of an average diet to me.
http://www.stouffers.com/our-dishes/Meat-Lovers-Lasagna/11367
I'm work in grocery retail. Rich people buy just as much convenience food as the poor. The rich just skew toward different product lines.0 -
Organic foods are the hipster version of broscience0
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