> One of the issues with poverty and obesity is that a lot of people seem to think and argue poor people can’t afford healthy food. I've seen poverty measured

> One of the issues with poverty and obesity is that a lot of people seem to think and argue poor people can’t afford healthy food. I've seen poverty measured by toilet paper. A person who is working but poor may have money but their funds are so limited they can't even buy a 4 pack of toilet paper, or to buy in bulk, or to buy more when it's on sale. They simply don't have the disposable income every since dime is needed and already spent by the time they get paid. With food it's the same way since poverty means that you buy what you can right now. Having worked shift work for 12 and sometimes 18 hours I know you don't want to do anything but eat something, anything just so you can get it over with and go to bed at a decent hour. I've actually had run around my house after a long shift because the end of my day was so limited. I ran around getting pizza pockets ready and getting my clothes ready for the next day. I was trying to get it done and not be up too late. I'd run to bed to jump in and go to sleep because I had no time to waste. It sounds silly but my time was limited and I wasn't really what I'd call poor I made just above minimum wage at the time but worked long hours to get overtime. Also poverty means most times the person doesn't have cookware to cook food. Frying pans, a pot or more than one pot. Even chef knives or any large knife to cut vegetables. Cutting boards to cut on. It's all a big cost to get such items assembled.