We have all seen the documentaries about fast food restaurants on low-income areas and how they cause the residents in the area to become obese. The simple fact that the restaurant is there is very bad for the residents.
People with little money don’t really have much of a choice when it comes to eating out options. A cheap fat-filled hamburger looks like a great deal and they can get a few of them but they are full of empty calories and a terrible health risk.
There hasn’t just been one documentary on the subject either. This has become a huge issue in many areas and many people have covered reporting this situation. New York’s Area Council got involved and put into effect new labeling laws that it thought would help to handle this issue.
Even with the new labeling laws in place a recent survey showed that there was virtually no change in the diet habits of New York’s poor people. They still continue on the same track of a poor diet.
Contradicting this is the metropolis. They (McDonald’s and KFC) seem to think that men and women are ordering food with less fat and calories. How could this be when an independent shows otherwise? It just doesn’t seem right.
One way to look at it is that chains like Subway sell healthier low cost sandwiches and lots of them and those figures are being considered in the survey of the more unhealthy chains like McDonalds and KFC. This throws a wrench in the figures.
In all reality thins is misrepresentation of facts that could end up being deadly. The studies by the metropolis are looking at what occurs in wealthier neighborhoods where the people can afford and tend to get their fast food at restaurants like Subway. They are using this information to pad’ the numbers in the poorer neighborhoods.
All-in-all the City’s statement is useless. The poor are still making bad food choices.
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