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When you walk into Tesco everyday noticing that crisps for dinner would be the cheapest option, this report is no big surprise!

by VanHing 10y ago

Maarten88 10y ago
Brittish? I'll never be able to think of crisps as dinner. And wouldn't noodlesoup be even cheaper, and healtier too?
- Symbiote 10y ago
  'British humour … carries a strong element of satire aimed at "the absurdity of everyday life".' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_humour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_humour
- VanHing 10y ago
  The point is that stuff like crisps is way cheaper than it should be, making it an option for poor people when stretching their budget. I hope people don't actually eat it for dinner ;) Noodle soup is healthier but still not healthy. Most cheap noodles soups are full of the "wrong" kinds of fats and sugar.
- pessimizer 10y ago
  > And wouldn't noodlesoup be even cheaper, and healtier too? That would depend on if the crisps were fried in transfats. Otherwise they both end up as a ball of diabetes-causing carb covered in salt.
chrisseaton 10y ago
Are you arguing that a complete, healthy evening meal should cost less in Tesco than a packet of crisps? That's not sensible or helpful, or even the underlying problem. And anyway wouldn't something like bulk rice or porridge be cheaper?
- pessimizer 10y ago
  > And anyway wouldn't something like bulk rice or porridge be cheaper? But would it be healthier? A giant lump of carb laced with arsenic?
  - chrisseaton 10y ago
    Crisps are already a giant lump of carbohydrates, but I wasn't arguing they were healthier, I was saying that making a entire healthy meal in a supermarket cheaper than a packet of crisps is not realistic.
    - pessimizer 10y ago
      If you were making a statement on poverty, I agree with you. Too many people are poor.
    - VanHing 10y ago
      I was joking about the bloody crisps, of course :) That being said, many studies link obesity and income inequality: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733121/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733121/
- bb85 10y ago
  Obesity has nothing to do with what you eat but with how much of it you eat.

When you walk into Tesco everyday noticing that crisps for dinner would be the cheapest option, this report is no big surprise!

by VanHing 10y ago

When you walk into Tesco everyday noticing that crisps for dinner would be the cheapest option, this report is no big surprise!

Maarten88 10y ago

Brittish? I'll never be able to think of crisps as dinner. And wouldn't noodlesoup be even cheaper, and healtier too?

Symbiote 10y ago
'British humour … carries a strong element of satire aimed at "the absurdity of everyday life".' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_humour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_humour
VanHing 10y ago
The point is that stuff like crisps is way cheaper than it should be, making it an option for poor people when stretching their budget. I hope people don't actually eat it for dinner ;) Noodle soup is healthier but still not healthy. Most cheap noodles soups are full of the "wrong" kinds of fats and sugar.
pessimizer 10y ago
> And wouldn't noodlesoup be even cheaper, and healtier too? That would depend on if the crisps were fried in transfats. Otherwise they both end up as a ball of diabetes-causing carb covered in salt.

chrisseaton 10y ago

Are you arguing that a complete, healthy evening meal should cost less in Tesco than a packet of crisps? That's not sensible or helpful, or even the underlying problem. And anyway wouldn't something like bulk rice or porridge be cheaper?

pessimizer 10y ago
> And anyway wouldn't something like bulk rice or porridge be cheaper? But would it be healthier? A giant lump of carb laced with arsenic?
- chrisseaton 10y ago
  Crisps are already a giant lump of carbohydrates, but I wasn't arguing they were healthier, I was saying that making a entire healthy meal in a supermarket cheaper than a packet of crisps is not realistic.
  - pessimizer 10y ago
    If you were making a statement on poverty, I agree with you. Too many people are poor.
  - VanHing 10y ago
    I was joking about the bloody crisps, of course :) That being said, many studies link obesity and income inequality: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733121/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733121/
bb85 10y ago
Obesity has nothing to do with what you eat but with how much of it you eat.