Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns

The post makes it sound like we're all suffering. One-third of the USA is overweight. That's from food, not some catchy disease.

Sure, the South has poor areas, but rich areas have them, too. You just don't hear bout it. Kids say they don't get enough to eat? Because they want MickeyD's, not real food. Sugary cereal for breakfast but mom says no, so they skip and buy candy instead. Dinner of chicken and veggies? No, kid wants fatty hot dogs and fries. Kid doesn't eat.

Watch some women with food stamps shop. Shrimp, steak, brand-name soda and cookies, gallons of ice cream, frozen food, and a lot of deli roast beef. No veggies, no fruits, no low-salt deli meats, no hamburger meat, no chicken unless fried frozen.

End of the month, kid doesn't find much food around

We had a neighbor who bought light and white canned tuna. White for her and hubby, light generic for kids. "I'm not spending money for good tuna for them (8 & 10). They don't know the difference. We work for it, they don't." My mom would rant for days how unfair it was, and invited the kids over for white tuna on rye bread or challah, not crappy white bread. She'd say the tuna was from the supermarket but maybe your parents don't know the brand.

They moved away after two years.