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> I see similarities between the issues of trying to remove junkfood consumption, in that you see the highest levels of consumption in the poorest demographics
by pyre 12y ago
> I see similarities between the issues of trying to remove junkfood consumption, in that you see the highest levels of consumption in the poorest demographics simply because they don't have any other options.
What about eating, say, a carrot instead of a bag of chips? I can buy 2 pounds of organic carrots for ~$2.50 (probably cheaper non-organic). How does that compare to the average bag of chips?
- dragonwriter 12y agoIn many cases, produce quality is lower, selection is less, and prices are higher for produce in stores in poor neighborhoods where this can be less true of junk food. It's often expensive to be poor.
- existencebox 12y agoFor a time a friend of mine lived in a very bad area in Philadelphia, a bit off Diamond street. The local corner stores had, at best, potatos, and the semi-local supermarkets scaled pricewise to the college student population nearby. You could probably go out of your way and find some affordably priced, but what is convenient and available pales in comparison to the amount of really questionable foods like chips. (bag of chips is probably 49c, 99c for a big one, by the way. So you could get a bunch of chips for the price of those carrots, similarly, you could get something like 2-3 burgers instead. The prices are not such that the carrots seem appealing)
- pyre 12y agoI could qualify that I'm no currently living in the US. When I was in the US, I remember being able to get bags of mini-carrots for ~$0.99 (can't remember if they were small/large/organic/non-organic).