SlyOneDoofy wrote:
I think the dollar menu may have more of a role in child obesity than the happy meal. Feeding a family of 4 for 10 bucks or less is pretty hard to find anywhere else.
I agree with this. There is a reason there is a strong correlation with lower socioeconomic status and obesity. As I have stated already as well, if am a family can barely afford to buy groceries to feed their families they are gonna for the cheaper alternatives.
If you have a choice between eating unhealthy or not having enough food for your kids you are gonna eat unhealthy.
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SlyOneDoofy wrote:If you don't cook your food at home it is more expensive to eat healthy.
I think the dollar menu may have more of a role in child obesity than the happy meal. Feeding a family of 4 for 10 bucks or less is pretty hard to find anywhere else.
"I think the dollar menu may have more of a role in child obesity than the happy meal. Feeding a family of 4 for 10 bucks or less is pretty hard to find anywhere else."
Grocery stores are cheaper then Mcdonald's Dollar Menu; a 10lb bag of potatoes for under two bucks, a carton of eggs for $1.70, or a loaf of bread for a buck. Your simple foods are the cheapest route: pasta, beans, rice, fruits, vegetables, bread and poultry. Plus stores have sales you can take advantage of all the time. Just the other day I got a 5lb bag of apples for $2.50, and I ate oranges like mad when they were selling the 8lb bags for 5 bucks. I agree that fast food is becoming cheaper, but it is still not the cheapest. However, the grocery store can become more expensive when people don't control their spending (which is an easy thing to do in a grocery store).
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The_Informer wrote:
Yes I suppose I would be better off buying a can of genetically modified corn at the grocery.
Much better that you spend your money buying food with little nutritional value and lots of well known health risks associated with it, instead of cooking for yourself.
Not a fan of genetic engineering any more than I am of Big Macs, but your average fast food is worse for you compared to most low budget meals you can cook for yourself..
