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yellowwood (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:50 AM Original message |
Does Poverty Cause Obesity? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Based on observations and experience, I agree. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Living in the city I have to agree |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Poverty itself does not cause Obesity. However, the foods which |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes/No. Cause? |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. I disagree. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Read EllenG's reply right above your's. n/t |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. Another review of the book |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Much better, thanks. n/t |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Partially. People overeat poor quality food in an attempt to get |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. A lot of legislators - state and federal - are large. Does being in |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm not 100% sold on it but I can see it |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. I Don't Know, Let's Ask These Guys |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Oh, let's |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. No, I know plenty of poor people who are not obese |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. Starch is cheap |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. lentils are also cheap. As are onions. But a large section of America's population has forgotten |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Poverty + government policies = obesity |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Another important factor, thanks for bringing it up. n/t |
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Tan Gent (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not directly but it makes it a lot easier to achieve. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
17. Not directly - otherwise more africans would be obese |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. Frightened with few options... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. You can't get something from nothing! |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. No, eating more calories than your body burns does. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, certain fats and sugars are cheaper than more healthy foods and |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. Of course it does, just look at all the fat people in Africa. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. It's funny that most of the posts so far have been ... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Poor peoplein dangerous neighborhoods could organize and start cleaning up their surroundings. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. No. nt |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. No n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. No, (cals in) > (cals out) causes obesity. Poverty can be on factor leading to that inequality, tho. |
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