Income and Nutrition

While the standard-of-living of people with lower incomes is obviously not as good as people with higher incomes, the government steps in to help anyone whose living and money situation is in a disastrous condition. One of the primary methods that the government helps the impoverished is with food stamps, although as much help as they provide, there can be an argument made that it can lead to obesity, presented through the Hunger-Obesity Paradox, which theorizes that “federal food assistance programs intended to improve diets among the food insecure families... may actually be linked with increased risk of overweight (“The Hunger and Obesity Paradox”)”. In my personal logic, this could be theorized due to healthier food being more expensive and harder to come by, for example salads, fruits and other vegetables being at a higher price than food considered unhealthier to eat daily such as chips, cookies and other snack foods which can be bought almost anywhere conveniently and at a comparably lower price. To add on, many parents after working a long day, would prefer to get something cheap to eat for their families like at fast food restaurants, which is quick, easy and light on the wallet compared to going to the store to prepare a healthy meal every day after work. In my personal experience, my mom usually after a long day at work usually brought home food from a restaurant or a fast food place rather than buy food to prepare at home, which usually took her more time to come home and then make the food for us to eat. To sum it up, low income families are naturally at a disadvantage when it comes to their families’ nutrition, even when including outside help they may receive.  

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