The U.S. Has the Fattest Poor People in the World. Why? | Intellectual Takeout

The U.S. Has the Fattest Poor People in the World. Why? | Intellectual Takeout
"...A 2015 report commission by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that the U.S. “has the fattest kids by a wide margin and is tops in poor health for teenagers.”
...Observing this fact aloud is not considered politic.
For example, a few years ago British PM Anna Soubry, who served in the Department of Health, came under fire for observing that government policy and “an abundance of bad food” were causing an epidemic of fat children and low-income people in the UK.
...one wonders if public spending is what is partly fueling the obesity epidemic.
...The program (then called the Food Stamp Program) was launched in 1964 after a three-year pilot program, but it did not go nationwide until 1974, at which point participation reached almost 14 million.
What’s interesting is that government data reveals this is almost precisely the same year America’s obesity rise began..."
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