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Re:World's Obese Population Hits 641M by chrisseaton on Sunday May 08, 2016 @07:55AM (#11653647)
Are you arguing that a complete, healthy evening meal should cost less in Tesco than a packet of crisps? That's not sensible or helpful, or even the underlying problem.

And anyway wouldn't something like bulk rice or porridge be cheaper?

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Re:World's Obese Population Hits 641M by bb85 on Sunday May 08, 2016 @10:08AM (#11654109)
Obesity has nothing to do with what you eat but with how much of it you eat.
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Re:World's Obese Population Hits 641M by pessimizer on Sunday May 08, 2016 @08:01AM (#11653665)
> And anyway wouldn't something like bulk rice or porridge be cheaper?

But would it be healthier? A giant lump of carb laced with arsenic?

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Re:World's Obese Population Hits 641M by chrisseaton on Sunday May 08, 2016 @08:04AM (#11653673)
Crisps are already a giant lump of carbohydrates, but I wasn't arguing they were healthier, I was saying that making a entire healthy meal in a supermarket cheaper than a packet of crisps is not realistic.
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Re:World's Obese Population Hits 641M by pessimizer on Sunday May 08, 2016 @08:06AM (#11653682)
If you were making a statement on poverty, I agree with you. Too many people are poor.
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Re:World's Obese Population Hits 641M by VanHing on Sunday May 08, 2016 @08:10AM (#11653690)
I was joking about the bloody crisps, of course :) That being said, many studies link obesity and income inequality: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733121/
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