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How would giving people more money decrease obesity and alcoholism? The richer our country has gotten the fatter it has gotten!
by ryan93 4y ago
How would giving people more money decrease obesity and alcoholism? The richer our country has gotten the fatter it has gotten!
- fredoliveira 4y agoI'm sure that if you think about it, you'll realize it is not the very wealthy that are getting more obese or drinking more alcohol.
- conviencefee999 4y agoNot really, when Black Americans and other minority groups that grew up in poverty rise up in economic status they actually get fatter. Not sure where the statistic on it is but it was a really interesting find.
- zzbn00 4y ago"Poverty and childhood obesity: a 21st century role reversal" : https://foodactive.org.uk/poverty-and-childhood-obesity-a-21st-century-role-reversal/ https://foodactive.org.uk/poverty-and-childhood-obesity-a-21...
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoThere are more calories in cheap foods. This has gotten worse with processing, but from where I can see, no obvious solution exists.
- ryan93 4y agoBecause that’s who they are. The lottery doesn’t change your character it reveals.
- tyingq 4y agoA fair amount of the lottery is family wealth at birth. And while it's just opinion, I believe that alcoholism has more to do with circumstance than character. There's certainly more access to treatment if you're wealthy too.
- monocasa 4y agoOr perhaps it's not really a character thing at all, as the cheapest foods these days are high-calorie and engineered not to satiate.