Poor people are unfortunately disproportionately targeted by junk food.
Lower middle class people are targeted for their disposable income. Actual poor people are living in food deserts and other economic wastelands, where getting their hands on anything costs time as much as money.
I’ve also known many that don’t cook for themselves at all and order out every day multiple times - regardless of income level.
Right. But that’s just it. Fast food exists to get middle and upper class people back to work sooner. You’ll eat as much fried chicken and burger as a Silicon Valley Techbro or Real Estate magnet as any dock worker or medical assistant.
Ensuring that people know how to nourish their bodies is fairly basic stuff.
It’s what we have historically taught as far back as elementary school in more developed school districts.
But even they aren’t safe under the current regime
Lower middle class people are targeted for their disposable income. Actual poor people are living in food deserts and other economic wastelands, where getting their hands on anything costs time as much as money.
I’ve lived in a food desert for most of my childhood and generally very poorly my entire life and have known many other disadvantaged individuals. If the only game in town are convenience stores, gas stations, and small grocery stores - people eat what they stock; which is usually complete garbage. These places also generally accept food stamps - you don’t need disposable income to eat junk food. Even food banks are mostly full of shit (if there is even one accessible).
Your notion that there is a middle class is where I’ll stop directly engaging. There is an upper class and a lower class in America. Lower class individuals don’t spend disposable income feeding themselves, they spend their income.
Doctors don’t generally teach nutrition to patients and neither do schools in any practical way.
Also, poor people have a conglomeration of health issues while working multiple jobs. You’re not going to be eating a quick apple or salad with bad or no teeth, hey! Simple “healthy” options are laden with added salts, sugars, certain ethnicities are naturally lactose intolerant in addition to their bodies simply being resistant to storing calcium. There’s simply not time to work, shop, and cook, assuming you have the means to do so, and then there are whole families spending a lot for extended stay hotels because they don’t have credit or rental references, and rooms with kitchenette are significantly more expensive.
Lower middle class people are targeted for their disposable income. Actual poor people are living in food deserts and other economic wastelands, where getting their hands on anything costs time as much as money.
Right. But that’s just it. Fast food exists to get middle and upper class people back to work sooner. You’ll eat as much fried chicken and burger as a Silicon Valley Techbro or Real Estate magnet as any dock worker or medical assistant.
It’s what we have historically taught as far back as elementary school in more developed school districts.
But even they aren’t safe under the current regime
I’ve lived in a food desert for most of my childhood and generally very poorly my entire life and have known many other disadvantaged individuals. If the only game in town are convenience stores, gas stations, and small grocery stores - people eat what they stock; which is usually complete garbage. These places also generally accept food stamps - you don’t need disposable income to eat junk food. Even food banks are mostly full of shit (if there is even one accessible).
Your notion that there is a middle class is where I’ll stop directly engaging. There is an upper class and a lower class in America. Lower class individuals don’t spend disposable income feeding themselves, they spend their income.
Doctors don’t generally teach nutrition to patients and neither do schools in any practical way.
How much can a banana cost, $10?
Also, poor people have a conglomeration of health issues while working multiple jobs. You’re not going to be eating a quick apple or salad with bad or no teeth, hey! Simple “healthy” options are laden with added salts, sugars, certain ethnicities are naturally lactose intolerant in addition to their bodies simply being resistant to storing calcium. There’s simply not time to work, shop, and cook, assuming you have the means to do so, and then there are whole families spending a lot for extended stay hotels because they don’t have credit or rental references, and rooms with kitchenette are significantly more expensive.