The topic of this blog is none other than poverty and obesity. As seen in the comic above, poverty and obesity correlate differently depending on the area and country the poverty is taking place in. In some countries, being poverty-stricken means having no money at all—meaning no food at all, which would cause them to be underweight, and in other countries, like America
In order to understand the correlation between the two you must think about the people in poverty and how they have very little, if not any, money at all. You must also consider the fact that most of the highest obesity rates occur amongst the areas that are highest in poverty and have the least amount of education.
Because of this unfortunate situation, they are associated with lower-quality foods and lower vegetables and fruit consumption. Whenever they do get money to buy food and support their families it doesn’t go towards Whole Foods supermarket, or even the Green Wise Isle at Publix, it goes towards the nasty, carb-filled, greasy, unhealthy, cheap, junk foods that they can afford. When you incessantly consume foods that serve no good purpose to your body, other than to fill it, it turns into fat that, overtime, the body starts to store. When this happens you start to gain weight and increase the percentage of fat in all areas of your body.
Either way, being in poverty isn’t the best life, as far as I know, because you’re either obese and over weight or you’re an under weight twig on the very verge of breaking D:. No one should have to experience either if the two and should be able to have access to fresh fruit and vegetable resources.
