Reply #147: I guess I just [View All]

[madville]

I guess I just associate laziness with also lacking in self control and being uneducated when in comes to nutrition. Being poor does not make someone eat 3000+ calories of food a day and become obese, a lack of self control does. If anything, being poor and obese should make someone cut their food intake in an effort to save money, less calories going in equal saved $$$.

I worked tons of hours when I was younger in low paying jobs. The guy that brought one ham sandwich from home tended to be in better shape than the guy that ate a double cheeseburger and fries every meal with 1/2 gallon of Coca-cola. Then when I got a better job in an office setting it was the same thing. Then when I got a better job in a tech field guess what, there were obese people and in-shape people, guess who tended to have a lack of self control while making poor dietary decisions and who didn't.

I am simply talking about someone APPEARING to be in shape or obese. Either could easily be severly lacking in nutrients. I just don't get how being poor makes someone eat more calories and put on more fat than someone with better means. I wish someone could explain how poverty makes someone eat 3000 calories a day and become obese over time against their own free will.