Lololol so you believe people are buying junk food because of the cost-effectiveness in terms of calories. That's a good one! Another theory, and stay with me here is: they buy the junk food because it tastes better.
I had to use SNAP for a short time during COVID after losing my job, I'm not opposed to it at all, but I don't think it should be used to fund peoples' addictions to sugar, fat and salt. I made sure to buy healthy choices. SNAP gave me more than enough to feed myself, I wasn't starving, which is a pretty bold assumption that you made about the people using food-assistance in your reply.
Who do you think is the greatest beneficiary of the healthcare in this country? A bunch of grape soda drinking EBT folks on Medicard showing up in ER. Now Joe's illegals gonna get in on the action. They already got their EBT debit card in NYC. The medical professionals are making off like bandits. Nurses are clearing $200K.
Because mass processed foods, like ice cream and potato chips are cheaper than the health food section.
Wrong. A bag of frozen veggies is under $2. Beans are $1 and rice is cheap. So is fruit on sale. And fresh veggies are cheap too. What the heck is a health food section?? You don’t need to buy organic! Chips are now $5 a bag and so is ice cream. They’re just gluttons who shovel unhealthy food in their mouth because they want to. Your statement is just a typical trite overused excuse that holds no water.
Because mass processed foods, like ice cream and potato chips are cheaper than the health food section.
Wrong. A bag of frozen veggies is under $2. Beans are $1 and rice is cheap. So is fruit on sale. And fresh veggies are cheap too. What the heck is a health food section?? You don’t need to buy organic! Chips are now $5 a bag and so is ice cream. They’re just gluttons who shovel unhealthy food in their mouth because they want to. Your statement is just a typical trite overused excuse that holds no water.
The idea of healthy food being more expensive came about when idiots started comparing dollars/calorie. Turns out, the number of calories does not determine whether a food is healthy or not.
Soda or soad as some of us know it, that has 0 value and should probably be regulated more like cigs or alcohol.
You know, I'm a bit of a libertarian - like get the government out of regulating everything - but then I saw this video today and thought, "They should put a warning label on this."
I can spend the money I earn anyway I want. Taxpayers funding freeloaders should get a say in how their taxes are spent. With a flip of the switch soft drinks can be banned from SNAP purchases just like tobacco purchases. Let's start there.
Some nurses were making a killing during covid especially if they were willing to travel and worked critical care. Exclude California and advanced practice nurses and very few nurses make over $100K excluding overtime now.
Yes, on a budget, it is cheaper to get filled up on a lot of unhealthy calories containing lots of fats, sugars, etc.
NPR:The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier wrote:
The U.S. food supply is awash in cheap calories. And when you're on a tight budget or relying on benefits like SNAP (food stamps), processed foods like chips and soda can set you back less than fresh produce. Of course, eating processed foods also contributes to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic illnesses, warns Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association.
Brown says federal food assistance programs have helped to address hunger. "However, many U.S. food policies and programs focus on improving access to sufficient quantities of food," she says. Instead, it's time to modernize these policies and focus on the quality of food, "so people have access to enough nutritious food."
The way many Americans eat is fueling chronic disease. Here are seven big ideas from the White House's upcoming nutrition conference for how to improve Americans' diets.
many poor people live in “food deserts”, places without good access to fresh produce. Also, fruits and vegetables cost more than cheap frozen and processed foods. Also, many poor people lack sufficient health education and aren’t brought up in environments and cultures where health, wellness, and exercise are a priority or talked about.
obviously we’d love to have more healthy people. I however would blame it more on these factors than on the individuals for having a moral shortcoming for buying unhealthy food, or even blaming these decades-old problems on our current president hahahaha.
I disagree with some of this. I'm Low-Income & a large portion of my diet is fruits & vegetables which I find to be very affordable even in this high food inflation environment. For example, Walmart's 'Great Value" brand has a wide variety of organic beans (USDA organic certified) that are affordable. I eat one can of organic kidney beans mixed with organic onions every evening with my dinner.
I don't consume any junk or processed food. That's where things get costly, and obviously very unhealthy fueling the obesity epidemic.
And these poorest of the poor know darn well that eating junk & processed food is unhealthy. The problem is junk & processed food tastes so good while fruits & vegetables don't to them. They have no discipline & follow their taste buds.
It's far easier for them to sit in front the TV wolfing down a processed frozen dinner & bag if chips than preparing a salad that contains a bunch of organic vegetables. 😉
You guys are so funny. People on food stamps are eating the same sh1t as the rest of Americans. You don’t suddenly become a clean diet guru because you are now on government aide. They should probably also exercise, but the average American isn’t doing that either.
Calorie dense foods. A frozen pizza, a pint of ice cream, and bag of chips is going to leave me feeling full. A bag of broccoli and carrots? Not so much.
Also, have you ever gone grocery shopping while hungry? You make poor choices.
Soda or soad as some of us know it, that has 0 value and should probably be regulated more like cigs or alcohol.
Also, have you ever seen the broccoli selection in da hood?
What do you feed a pack of victorious Tigers? If you're President Trump and the Tigers in question are the college football playoff champion Clemson Tigers, the answer is obvious.
you clods who want to make this into a racial issue should know that
circa half of food stamp recipients are white
and the remaining share is distributed among different ethnic groups.
So if it makes you feel better that your own race is getting the biggest share of free stuff, go with that.
Now match it up with the percentage of the population. If I recall correctly, about 42% of section 8 recipients are white, 38% are black, about 18% are Hispanic, and the rest are Asian or other.