Comments on: Will High Gas Prices Curb Obesity? Just Ask an Economist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/08/05/will-high-gas-prices-curb-obesity-just-ask-an-economist/ A blog about science, politics, and how to let each help the other without compromising them both. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:47:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Mara http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/08/05/will-high-gas-prices-curb-obesity-just-ask-an-economist/#comment-453 Mara Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:51:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/08/05/will-high-gas-prices-curb-obesity-just-ask-an-economist/#comment-453 We have an obesity epidemic right now among those at the lowest end of the economic spectrum in the US. Poor people tend to eat cheap but bad foods, like hamburgers and potato chips, and it's hard to find good food in the few grocery stores located in poor neighborhoods. Ironically, buying fresh ingredients and making healthy meals from scratch usually costs less than buying Big Macs, but that takes more planning and can be hard to do on a busy schedule. On the other hand, I've read that seed sales are up 25% this year. If more people are gardening, that bodes well -- better food and good exercise. We have an obesity epidemic right now among those at the lowest end of the economic spectrum in the US. Poor people tend to eat cheap but bad foods, like hamburgers and potato chips, and it’s hard to find good food in the few grocery stores located in poor neighborhoods.

Ironically, buying fresh ingredients and making healthy meals from scratch usually costs less than buying Big Macs, but that takes more planning and can be hard to do on a busy schedule.

On the other hand, I’ve read that seed sales are up 25% this year. If more people are gardening, that bodes well — better food and good exercise.

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