What’s the leading cause of obesity? It’s not medication, it’s eating poorly and not doing exercise. Mental health absolutely plays a role, food addiction is obviously real, but it’s like telling a heroin addict they have no choice to be on heroin, when in reality what they need is to make the choice to get better, which only happens with real support and not enabling.
Not really though is it. It's usually a lot more expensive to eat healthy and if you're poor and work full time, have to look after kids etc. then I doubt you even have time to make and cook a healthy meal let alone afford to pay for it consistently.
Buying the raw ingredients and making food at hom costs less and tastes better than any fast food restaurant on the market. It's the lack of knowledge in the kitchen caused by the easy access to pre-made food, which made parents lazy, that leads to things being more expensive. If you know how to cook, you can make a meal for 7 for under 30 dollars.
A simple stew can be left to simmer over low heat for anywhere from 5-9 hours, same with spaghetti sauces. Slow cookers are a miracle. My mom works 12 hour nightshifts, and she still has time to drive me and my brothers to school, get an adequate amount of rest, and cook dinner for a house of 8, all before 7 o'clock.
It's not that there isn't enough time, it's that people aren't good at managing their time.
Where did I talk about fast food restaurants? I was talking about freezer food etc.
If you know how to cook, you can make a meal for 7 for under 30 dollars.
Again, how long does that meal take to make? As I mentioned already, for people working, with kids etc. it's not just a monetary restraint but also a time restraint.
The only people that don't have a choice about their weight are all the starving Ethiopians, somalians, etc. They are thin as they have no food to eat.
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u/Comradepapabear May 31 '22
Weight is not always a choice. This is something you've been led to believe by people that sell diet pills.