re: #300 publicityStunted

Sorry, but you could not be more wrong about this. It’s entirely possible to be overweight but malnourished, thanks to the high-fructose corn syrup crap being marketed as acceptable food products. Are you aware how expensive healthy food is, especially for those on tight budgets? And that many people in poor neighborhoods are trapped in “food deserts”, where (through lack of private vehicles and public transit) they can’t even get to a grocery store and have access to things like fresh produce? The only food that’s accessible and affordable for them is the absolute worst from a health perspective.

I suggest you play this interactive game on what it’s really like to be poor, before falling for the AGW-denying heritage foundation’s ridiculous blather on the subject.

I saw that game. It’s rigged. If I make the prudent choice, it breaks my car for me and makes my dog get sick and if that doesn’t suffice it just breaks my leg or something.

I see the lives of the people you’re talking about. The ones I know DO have access to good food. There are grocery stores within a convenient radius. Many DO eat healthy food; it doesn’t bust the budget to eat chicken, rice, pasta, cabbage, and some other fruits and veggies.

With any sort of luck, they manage quite competently and improve their lives year over year.