A diet fueled by food stamps is making South Texans obese but leaving them hungry

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127. Exactly my point

(I think you replied to me, but this seemed to be directed one level up, because we are in agreement.)

I've been desperately poor -- on food stamps or just broke because one job jerked me around and the next paid two weeks behind. I've lived without reliable refrigeration or a kitchen. It's HARD. Add in no functional transportation and yeah, the discount stuff looks attractive, because the energy debt to do better will cause more harm now than the slow nutritional debt.

We desperately need to bring back home Ec for everyone. Half the reason my partner developed metabolic syndrome is because he never learned anything about nutrition or cooking, and neither did his mother. She couldn't cook (to the point where the sight of a crockpot makes him shudder, 30 years later); he lived on sandwiches, crackers and chili because those were cheap and required little effort.

People make their decisions based on lots of factors -- and the factor that says buying cheap chicken leg quarters and bulk cheap vegetables and quinoa has a few prerequisites - refrigeration, knowledge and an actual grocery store. Not to be assumed in all places.