http://www.eontarionow.com/health/2007/07/21/american-obesity-rates-continue-to-climb/ Keeping Ontario Connected Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:50:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.eontarionow.com/health/2007/07/21/american-obesity-rates-continue-to-climb/comment-page-1/#comment-7685 C Townsend Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:30:45 +0000 http://www.eontarionow.com/health/2007/07/21/american-obesity-rates-continue-to-climb/#comment-7685 I blame lack of education and inflated food costs for this problem. When a pint of blueberries costs $2.50 and a 1lb. bag of potato chips costs less than $1.00, which do you suppose a low income shopper would buy? Right - the chips. Now, if that person knew that blueberries contained important nutrients and antioxidants, then they may go ahead and purchase the berries. I've seen people using food stamps to buy snack foods, frozen pizzas, cookies, sodas, candy, and other unhealthy foods. Where are the fruits and vegetables? They aren't there because they can buy more junk food with their food stamps than they could fresh produce and other healthy foods. A little education would teach these people how to choose more healthy foods and spend their food stamps wisely. Why aren't we doing that? I blame lack of education and inflated food costs for this problem. When a pint of blueberries costs $2.50 and a 1lb. bag of potato chips costs less than $1.00, which do you suppose a low income shopper would buy? Right – the chips. Now, if that person knew that blueberries contained important nutrients and antioxidants, then they may go ahead and purchase the berries. I’ve seen people using food stamps to buy snack foods, frozen pizzas, cookies, sodas, candy, and other unhealthy foods. Where are the fruits and vegetables? They aren’t there because they can buy more junk food with their food stamps than they could fresh produce and other healthy foods. A little education would teach these people how to choose more healthy foods and spend their food stamps wisely. Why aren’t we doing that?

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