Hypothetical Dystopia

honeyintheshade: m0rmanthefuckup: justkiddingdouglasadams: thedailyfeed: Turns out elementary school lunches in the most and least obese counties in the nation look exactly as you’d expect. The lunch on top hails from America’s obesity capital: Greene County, Alabama. The one below — the one that looks like a nutrition ad — is from Routt County, Colorado, the fittest county in the U.S. Photos by Bryan Bedder for The Daily I think it would be interesting to also check out the demographics (racial, socio-economic, and otherwise) at these schools as well as check into both the wealth of the school district, how they spend/budget their money, and who makes those decisions. Actually I think it would be more than interesting, I think it would paint a clearer picture. Click on the source and it shows you exactly that. Well this is obvious.  It’s difficult to ignore the socioeconomic factors that come into play when talking about obesity and nutrition.  The county in Alabama is 80% black, and most families are at/below the poverty line.  This problem isn’t going anywhere until we redefine what it means to be poor in America, because right now, on top of having very little monetary value, it also means, the least access to healthy food and better life style choices.  To some degree, in this nation, health is a privilege.   These are kids we’re talking about.  Kids who have very little say in what they get to eat.  And to many of these kids, these meals are a necessity.   honeyintheshade: m0rmanthefuckup: justkiddingdouglasadams: thedailyfeed: Turns out elementary school lunches in the most and least obese counties in the nation look exactly as you’d expect. The lunch on top hails from America’s obesity capital: Greene County, Alabama. The one below — the one that looks like a nutrition ad — is from Routt County, Colorado, the fittest county in the U.S. Photos by Bryan Bedder for The Daily I think it would be interesting to also check out the demographics (racial, socio-economic, and otherwise) at these schools as well as check into both the wealth of the school district, how they spend/budget their money, and who makes those decisions. Actually I think it would be more than interesting, I think it would paint a clearer picture. Click on the source and it shows you exactly that. Well this is obvious.  It’s difficult to ignore the socioeconomic factors that come into play when talking about obesity and nutrition.  The county in Alabama is 80% black, and most families are at/below the poverty line.  This problem isn’t going anywhere until we redefine what it means to be poor in America, because right now, on top of having very little monetary value, it also means, the least access to healthy food and better life style choices.  To some degree, in this nation, health is a privilege.   These are kids we’re talking about.  Kids who have very little say in what they get to eat.  And to many of these kids, these meals are a necessity.  

honeyintheshade:

m0rmanthefuckup:

justkiddingdouglasadams:

thedailyfeed:

Turns out elementary school lunches in the most and least obese counties in the nation look exactly as you’d expect. The lunch on top hails from America’s obesity capital: Greene County, Alabama. The one below — the one that looks like a nutrition ad — is from Routt County, Colorado, the fittest county in the U.S.

Photos by Bryan Bedder for The Daily

I think it would be interesting to also check out the demographics (racial, socio-economic, and otherwise) at these schools as well as check into both the wealth of the school district, how they spend/budget their money, and who makes those decisions. Actually I think it would be more than interesting, I think it would paint a clearer picture.

Click on the source and it shows you exactly that.

Well this is obvious.  It’s difficult to ignore the socioeconomic factors that come into play when talking about obesity and nutrition.  The county in Alabama is 80% black, and most families are at/below the poverty line.  This problem isn’t going anywhere until we redefine what it means to be poor in America, because right now, on top of having very little monetary value, it also means, the least access to healthy food and better life style choices.  To some degree, in this nation, health is a privilege.   These are kids we’re talking about.  Kids who have very little say in what they get to eat.  And to many of these kids, these meals are a necessity.  

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