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Rural Poverty And Obesity

I just finished reading this depressing Newsweek article about how difficult it is for rural poor in America to eat healthy food. The accompanying photo shows the aisle of a typical small town convenience store. It looks exactly like a store that I used to live near. At that time, we avoided this potato chip store as much as possible. We had a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables because we belonged to a CSA. We were fortunate enough to have the monetary and transportation resources take advantage of something like that. Poor people eat unhealthy diets because that is what is available, and they often eat too many calories because of food insecurity. Sadly, the behavioral patterns set by this insecurity can last a lifetime even when someone is lucky enough to find a way out of poverty.