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People in extreme poverty are not getting fat https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/obesity-vs-gdp https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/obesity-vs-gdp

• btilly 1y ago
  No, people in extreme poverty are not getting fat. But poor people do in great numbers in many countries. For example there are many obese Americans on food stamps. Thanks to social services, the number of Americans who are in extreme poverty is approximately zero. When I compare to history, I far prefer this state of affairs to what used to be the norm.
  • s5300 1y ago
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  • dartharva 1y ago
    > Thanks to social services, the number of Americans who are in extreme poverty is approximately zero. I wish I could make myself have such confidence in any government entity as much as you seem to have in US social services
  • JoachimSchipper 1y ago
    You're commenting on an article about people consuming less than $3/day; Americans on food stamps (SNAP appears to be about $4-6/day alone, not counting any other benefits) are a distraction, simply not part of the population that the article is discussing.
    • cwmoore 1y ago
      So $10/day for 8.2B people is only $30 trillion a year. Tax the bots for UBI. AGI could make that in a weekend.
  • FirmwareBurner 1y ago
    >For example there are many obese Americans on food stamps. All of their own fault. I recently saw a youtube compilation of tiktok clips of Americans on food stamps making videos flaunting their overfull supermarket shopping carts and it was all name brand junk food made up of refined carbs, fats and sugars, and to no ones surprise, they were all obese. No vegetables, no fruits, no leafy greens, no legumes, but all junk food which costs more than the healthy stuff. Who's fault is that? At what point is personal accountability supposed to kick in? If you can afford a roof over your head, a car, and entire shopping carts full of name brand junk food(which is more expensive than healthy food) to make yourself obese, you are anything but poor, you are just stupid and glutenous. Edit: I see the downvotes, but notice nobody is saying that I am wrong? ;) So then we agree that I'm right.
    • BriggyDwiggs42 1y ago
      You’re being deliberately incendiary and you’re saying like the simplest thing. Why might they be buying trash food? Why didn’t their parents teach them not to? Why is the shit food so addictive? Is it, perhaps, the cheapest way to get something tasty? Maybe there are underlying social problems, and that’s more interesting to discuss than “poor people are stupid and gluttonous.”
      • FirmwareBurner 1y ago
        >You’re being deliberately incendiary Which part was "incendiary"? >you’re saying like the simplest thing The truth is often simple, people are just too scared to confront it. So they call it "incendiary". >Is it, perhaps, the cheapest way to get something tasty? Healthy food is also tasty and cheaper than highly processed junk food. But it's easier to blame externalities than take accountability. >Maybe there are underlying social problems, and that’s more interesting to discuss than “poor people are stupid and gluttonous.” Why aren't poor people in poorer countries fat despite suffering even bigger social issue like war, slavery, rapes and famine?
        • BriggyDwiggs42 1y ago
  • anxoo 1y ago
    >Thanks to social services, the number of Americans who are in extreme poverty is approximately zero. or 4.19 million, if you wanted to spend 2 minutes and look up [the source](https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/poverty-explorer?tab=line&country=~USA&Indicator=Number+in+poverty&Poverty+line=%243+per+day%3A+International+Poverty+Line&Household+survey+data+type=Show+data+from+both+income+and+consumption+surveys&Show+breaks+between+less+comparable+surveys=false https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/poverty-explorer?tab=li...) actually listed in the main article