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Apr. 30th, 2008

12:30 pm - Oakland Causes Fatness?

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Neighborhood affects diabetes, obesity rates, study shows.

Maybe they have it backwards. It could be that a disproportionately obese and diabetic neighborhood is just naturally conducive to the success of certain types of business. Correlation does not imply causation.

In the future we’ll all eat Nutri-loaf™.

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From:[info]coyoteseven
Date:April 30th, 2008 07:44 pm (UTC)
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Supply and demand. No one there really wants healthier choices, so any business that attempts to supply it to them will soon go out of business.

Vicious circle. Downward spiral.

Let them eat cake!
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From:[info]chris_sawyer
Date:April 30th, 2008 07:58 pm (UTC)
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I don't recall ever seeing any Tofu joints in da hood.
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From:[info]purplecat
Date:April 30th, 2008 08:16 pm (UTC)
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Eating healthy is expensive, especially if you're making minimum wage. It's no surprise that poorer neighborhoods have shitty diets. If you can buy 2 doublecheeseburgers (that's 4 patties and 4 slices of 'cheese') for a mere two bucks, and you've got 10 bucks for meals throughout the week, you're not going to be buying a lot of fresh veggies as side dishes. A gallon of milk costs more than a gallon of gas these days (or did the last time I bought it), but off-brand soda's cheap. So is ramen.

Food that is high energy, high calorie and cheap is also stuff that's usually bad as the /only/ part of a meal. Many of the poor and working class don't have much of a choice, particularly lately.
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From:[info]baphijmm
Date:April 30th, 2008 09:02 pm (UTC)
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From:[info]merashallan
Date:April 30th, 2008 10:00 pm (UTC)
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"Correlation does not imply causation." This is the downfall of much research I'm afraid, especially in medicine.
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From:[info]gas_mask_dragon
Date:April 30th, 2008 11:15 pm (UTC)
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On a mostly unrelated side note... You userpic makes me want to spill liquid blood/puke from my eye balls... DX

Why...?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?! XD
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From:[info]foofers
Date:May 1st, 2008 12:59 am (UTC)
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Because I'm a MEAN and STINKY dragon! RAR!
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From:[info]coyoteseven
Date:May 1st, 2008 01:04 am (UTC)
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You ever notice that boobs on a guy is considered gross (especially if he's fat... wait, how would it happen otherwise?), but sometimes you can be fooled into thinking it's a woman if you crop the image juuuuuuust right?

Makes me wonder about perception.
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