Behind Super-Sized Sodas, a Deeper Danger

[Igel]

4. Some strange assumptions.

Heavy into correlation.

And it assumes that only social inequality (which must be equivalent to economic equality) produces the kind of stress that leads to bad diets.

Don't know about that. A friend worked for a couple of executives as a nanny. Her income was low; she had less stress than her bosses, each of which made in the high 6 digits. They left the house every day by 6:30 to commute an hour to NYC with time for accidents. They'd work until 6 or 7 pm. They faced competition at work from subordinates; pressure from above to perform even better; and their companies were also in cutthroat competition with other firms.

Often they had to work weekends. And their reward for their nice high-powered jobs in the City, their nice cars, their annual bonuses that are 10x or more my annual salary, and having a house in a very exclusive old-wealth neighborhood was to watch their little kids cry when they wanted to take her to the park and leave behind their nanny--who woke them in the morning, fed them, played with them, nursed them when they were sick, took them out, etc.