tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post5068041905125882322..comments2024-02-08T10:40:56.376-06:00Comments on Big Fat Delicious: Neighborhood's food options affect obesity rates (ya think?)vesta44http://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-62007025947457473512008-05-28T13:08:00.000-05:002008-05-28T13:08:00.000-05:00curvy angela - I think that's part of the problem ...curvy angela - I think that's part of the problem with people fearing fat. Those that eat like crap and stay thin just know that fat people have to be eating even worse than they are in order to be fat. That's not always the case, but you can't convince them of that.vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-5089492847586003742008-05-28T11:32:00.000-05:002008-05-28T11:32:00.000-05:00Just one more of the many dangers inherent in obes...Just one more of the many dangers inherent in obesity myth. Everyone deserves access to healthy food, a safe place to exercise, stress reducers, and quality health care. If these things were affordable and available to all, the overall health of this country would improve tremendously.<BR/><BR/>By focusing on fat as a marker of health, naturally thin people destroy their physical well-being through unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyles. I have a branch on my family tree that is naturally thin. They live on Coke, baloney sandwiches and Little Debbies. They also have extremely high cholesterol, high BP, and a plethora of other chronic diseases. They think that we on the plumper branch of the family tree (who love veggies and all things organic)must be outrageous gluttons in comparison to them, given the crap they eat in a day.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02788566001943262957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-58580190792467929732008-05-24T17:10:00.000-05:002008-05-24T17:10:00.000-05:00That couple they quoted at the end are just privil...That couple they quoted at the end are just privileged idiots. I live in San Bernardino County. Everything here is spread out - there are few concentrated "downtowns", and very few people live near where they work. If you don't have a car, you are stuck with the craptacular public transit system, which can turn what would be a 20 minute drive into a 2 hour bus ride. So it isn't just that poor people don't have access to affordable wholesome foods (and that is a major problem), it's that you need time to prepare food from scratch, and, if you bring food to work with you, you need someplace to store it until meal time, which are luxuries many don't have. This isn't a new issue; there's a reason why many fast food chains (including McD's) originated in this area. And yes, some poor people are lazy - but so are many middle class white collar workers. It's so classist when people complain about the high calorie meals at McD's but say nothing about the equally high calorie offerings at more upscale restaurants.<BR/><BR/>(Sorry for the rant, but it's irritating to read the same tired BS over and over.)Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-79796843296929349292008-05-01T12:00:00.000-05:002008-05-01T12:00:00.000-05:00food has nothing to do with fat. geez.Our father w...food has nothing to do with fat. geez.<BR/><BR/>Our father who eats in heaven<BR/>marshmallow be thy name<BR/>thy kingdom, yum, thy bacon's done<BR/>cheese dogs from 7-11<BR/>give us seconds, keep us fed<BR/>and forgive those who diet against you<BR/>lead us not to Jenny Craig<BR/>and deliver us more calories<BR/>for thine is the breakfast, the lunch, the dinner, the snack<BR/>amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-52862772785325212008-05-01T10:34:00.000-05:002008-05-01T10:34:00.000-05:00When in doubt, ask random people. They're always ...When in doubt, ask random people. They're always more informed than the so-called experts. Unless I missed the point of the last comment by the people engaging in the unhealthy, expensive food option?bookwyrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730364648178496486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-47645842546712326922008-05-01T10:10:00.000-05:002008-05-01T10:10:00.000-05:00Amen. I'd add that it would also help a lot if th...Amen. I'd add that it would also help a lot if the groceries and other stores that do locate in poorer neighborhoods don't practice discriminatory pricing. Here in Atlanta, for example, I've noticed a Kroger that's located in a neighborhood that has a lot of lower income residents consistently has higher prices than a Kroger in a more affluent area. The stores are barely four miles apart geographically so why the price difference other than a deliberate attempt to screw the poor? The low income customers tend to be dependent on walking to the market or taking the bus so are limited in their options; higher income customers usually have cars and can comparison shop (which is what I did, once I got to know better what was where after moving here last year).Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-63445685255347510262008-05-01T08:54:00.000-05:002008-05-01T08:54:00.000-05:00CORRELATIONS DO NOT EQUAL CAUSATION!!There are few...CORRELATIONS DO NOT EQUAL CAUSATION!!<BR/>There are fewer birkenstocks in poor areas, too, but that doesn't mean they have a thing to do with the poorer health seen in poor neighborhoods. Fat and thin eat no differently to explain the diversity of sizes (genetics is closer to 90%). Nor does food have the magical health effects they want us to believe. This story is political hype. It's easier to blame food and obesity than address the real problems poor people face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-72051983402280781832008-05-01T08:15:00.000-05:002008-05-01T08:15:00.000-05:00I think that our food choices do, to a degree, pla...I think that our food choices do, to a degree, play a role in our body weight. But it is our genetic dispositions that play the key role in how it is our body reacts to and metabolizes those foods. <BR/><BR/>And I always find it strange when thin people walk into a fast food restaurant (to apparently order a Big Mac and not just a Coke) or go to a buffet restaurant and then feel free to remark on the fat people who are also patronizing the establishment. Fast food is okay for them, but not anyone else? Fast food obviously doesn't make them fat, why do they assume it's the cause for the fatness of others? Do they really think fat people eat breakfast, lunch and dinner every day at McDonalds?Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06442545891223505489noreply@blogger.com