> "people below the poverty line in the US consume extremely low quality food." Is that because they can't afford medium-quality food, or because they're choos

> "people below the poverty line in the US consume extremely low quality food." Is that because they can't afford medium-quality food, or because they're choosing to buy substandard food anyway? I've gone shopping with people way below the poverty line; in every instance, they spent as much as I did for a similar time period, at the same quality of store, and yet came out with far crappier food. I don't know if my experience is typical, but I find it hard to believe, given the prices on various types of healthy and unhealthy foods, that "eating low quality food" is a result of lack of money.