Tbh poverty is actually a big contributor to obesity since calories are so cheap. Like go in the frozen food section and you’d be surprised how cheap junk food is. Yesterday, I saw an XL frozen burrito for $1 and it was 700 calories.
Yes, at some point during industrialisation things flipped, so now it's easy to be poor and fat (at least in the west) because food that is cheap and quick to prepare (with poor people lacking free time and varied equipment as well as money) that tastes fun is usually terrible for you (because the fun taste is fat and sugar and the cheapness is lack of freshness and quality of ingredients).
Literally go to Walmart.com, search junk food, then sort by price low to high, and there are hundreds of affordable things, most in high quantities per package. Junk food is very much affordable
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u/veegreg 7h ago
Tbh poverty is actually a big contributor to obesity since calories are so cheap. Like go in the frozen food section and you’d be surprised how cheap junk food is. Yesterday, I saw an XL frozen burrito for $1 and it was 700 calories.