RE: Fatphobia?
January 16, 2014 at 6:37 am
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2014 at 6:37 am by Cato.)
Excuse me while I finish dinner with a wafer thin mint...
Seriously, I recently read an article from The Atlantic that discussed the link between obesity and poverty.
I recently moved to NYC and noticed that there are far fewer large people here than there are in the South. The difference is striking enough that it was one my wife's first observations. There are plenty of poor people here so the relative thinness might have more to do with the fact that most everybody in the city walks significantly more. The cost of food may also contribute.
Seriously, I recently read an article from The Atlantic that discussed the link between obesity and poverty.
Quote: Equally murky (the article had just discussed BMI calculations) is whether being poor leads to obesity. Cawley's own research didn't quite find causality (there is "little evidence that income affects weight," he writes).
Still, there is copious evidence around the world that obesity is a peculiar condition for poor people in rich countries. Less-developed countries have lower obesity, but in richer countries, there tends to be an inverse relationship between waistlines and bank accounts.
I recently moved to NYC and noticed that there are far fewer large people here than there are in the South. The difference is striking enough that it was one my wife's first observations. There are plenty of poor people here so the relative thinness might have more to do with the fact that most everybody in the city walks significantly more. The cost of food may also contribute.
