Do you remember the documentary about fast food restaurants like McDonalds that are placed in low-income neighborhoods cause huge jump in obesity? The residents in those areas tend to gain quite a bit of weight.
Poor men and women are presented with few choices when it comes to eating out. They tend to go for the good deal and for a place that is close by. A one dollar hamburger looks like a great deal at the local fast-food joint but is terrible in its calorie content and awful for your health.
In fact, it hasn't just been one documentary done on this story. There has been an ample amount of involvement. New York's Area Council got involved and made new labeling laws that it hoped would help gain people's awareness of this problem.
Even with the new labeling laws in place a recent survey showed that there was virtually no change in the diet habits of New York's poor people. They still continue on the same track of a poor diet.
According to companies like McDonalds and KFC the lack of improvement is wrong. They report that men and women have improved on their choice in ordering healthier foods. How can these reports be so different? It just doesn't make any sense. One has to be right and one wrong.
One way to look at it is that chains like Subway sell healthier low cost sandwiches and lots of them and those figures are being considered in the survey of the more unhealthy chains like McDonalds and KFC. This throws a wrench in the figures.
What the metropolis is doing is using the reports from wealthier neighborhoods where better food is more readily available and group those reports with those from the poorer neighborhoods that don't offer the healthier food.
All-in-all the City's statement is useless. The poor are still making bad food choices.
Poor men and women are presented with few choices when it comes to eating out. They tend to go for the good deal and for a place that is close by. A one dollar hamburger looks like a great deal at the local fast-food joint but is terrible in its calorie content and awful for your health.
In fact, it hasn't just been one documentary done on this story. There has been an ample amount of involvement. New York's Area Council got involved and made new labeling laws that it hoped would help gain people's awareness of this problem.
Even with the new labeling laws in place a recent survey showed that there was virtually no change in the diet habits of New York's poor people. They still continue on the same track of a poor diet.
According to companies like McDonalds and KFC the lack of improvement is wrong. They report that men and women have improved on their choice in ordering healthier foods. How can these reports be so different? It just doesn't make any sense. One has to be right and one wrong.
One way to look at it is that chains like Subway sell healthier low cost sandwiches and lots of them and those figures are being considered in the survey of the more unhealthy chains like McDonalds and KFC. This throws a wrench in the figures.
What the metropolis is doing is using the reports from wealthier neighborhoods where better food is more readily available and group those reports with those from the poorer neighborhoods that don't offer the healthier food.
All-in-all the City's statement is useless. The poor are still making bad food choices.
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