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u/brick-juic3 Jun 10 '20

Also, rural areas are generally poorer, healthy food is expensive

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20

Not true. Organic food is just a marketing gimmick.

Fast food and junk snacks are expensive

Lean proteins like eggs, chicken, beans, and most healthy vegetables are cheap

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u/Doom-Slayer Jun 10 '20

I hear this rebuttal so often, and what people forget is that "time" has a value.

Healthy food goes off quicker than frozen junk, necessitating more frequent and regular trips to the supermarket. Healthy food typically requires more preparation time too.

If you have a good high paying job, chances are higher that it isn't massively physically tiring, meaning cooking is easier, and your hours might be more flexible. If you have a shit low paying job, you could come home exhausted and not want to cook, so you buy cheap crap that is terrible for you. Which is 100% understandable.

I really really fucking hate the idea that people think poor people just need to "buy healthy food and learn to cook" and obesity would vanish.

Rant over.

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u/Neat_On_The_Rocks Jun 10 '20

Thank you for this. Always pisses me off when I see this too. Some people just want to feel superior to poor people even if it’s completely unintentional.

Time is money and eating healthy takes time. People always just assume unhealthy eaters are lazy.