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Apr 4, 2012 - 4:03pm

Steve O'Rama

I just don't buy this

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html

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Author

Date

What social forces contribute to obesity?

mr_thekid

Apr 4, 03:44pm

food, the forces of food. (nm)

Bob Vance

Apr 4, 03:45pm

gravity. (nm)

Apr 4, 03:45pm

Question is why haven't you started this paper already (short)

spugeddy24

Apr 4, 03:45pm

Yeah, I suck. (nm)

mr_thekid

Apr 4, 03:46pm

It happens. I just wrote my entire

spugeddy24

Apr 4, 03:47pm

so they accepted a research paper on yourself? (nm)

Beggar

Apr 4, 03:47pm

Amazing huh (short)

spugeddy24

Apr 4, 03:49pm

what social forces enable you to procrastinate? (nm)

Apr 4, 03:47pm

Cougarboard (short)

mr_thekid

Apr 4, 03:48pm

blame it all on porn (short)

Beggar

Apr 4, 03:47pm

And Bush..... (nm)

sundance

Apr 4, 03:48pm

My people call it Maize! (nm)

BlueTeach

Apr 4, 03:49pm

Hey! I resent that... (nm)

maizecoug

Apr 4, 04:43pm

Blame the conspiracies

Akilleez

Apr 4, 03:49pm

Most social interaction revolves around food

ColoSpgs

Apr 4, 03:49pm

^^First real suggestion^^ And a good one. (nm)

mr_thekid

Apr 4, 03:50pm

those insidious funeral potatoes; memorializing a death

Apr 4, 03:51pm

Super Bowl Sunday leaves our hearts less than

bluegato

Apr 4, 03:56pm

Sounds like a good topic. Good luck

StrongBad

Apr 4, 03:50pm

Sugar tastes good. Sugar is cheap. Sugar makes us fat

Mayor of Cougartown

Apr 4, 03:53pm

^^^^^^^^THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. Sugar = white death (nm)

Iman23

Apr 4, 03:57pm

Sugar = tasty white death (nm)

Apr 4, 04:04pm

dark brown sugar = heaven (nm)

nashty

Apr 4, 04:41pm

Bad food is cheaper and faster.

BYUtka

Apr 4, 03:53pm

+1 and you said it better. (nm)

messi

Apr 4, 03:54pm

it's because bad food is subsidized and protected by the gov (short)

Mayor of Cougartown

Apr 4, 03:55pm

you think Michelle Obama is pushing broccoli, but there are (short)

Apr 4, 03:59pm

RE: Liberalism, welfare state, assistance programs. (nm)

Apr 4, 03:53pm

High caloric food is usually much cheaper.

messi

Apr 4, 03:54pm

Although Health Care costs are not

BYUtka

Apr 4, 03:55pm

Agreed. (nm)

messi

Apr 4, 03:57pm

Yep, breakdown of family structure can be blamed.

HuskerFan2

Apr 4, 03:58pm

Excellent. I may work off this approach. (nm)

mr_thekid

Apr 4, 03:59pm

Plenty of articles online link the working mom to obesity

HuskerFan2

Apr 4, 04:03pm

I'm curious about how this plays out in Europe.

Steve O'Rama

Apr 4, 04:11pm

I just don't buy this

Steve O'Rama

Apr 4, 04:03pm

not cheaper, just easier, quicker and more seductive. (short)

HuskerFan2

Apr 4, 04:05pm

It is absolutely cheaper.

mr_thekid

Apr 4, 04:08pm

I can play this game: soda or tap water? (nm)

Steve O'Rama

Apr 4, 04:09pm

Asparagus or Little Debbies? (nm)

BYUtka

Apr 4, 04:15pm

not the best examples, but the right point

yahtzee

Apr 4, 04:21pm

Having lost over 100 lbs over the last couple of years

BYUtka

Apr 4, 04:14pm

^^^this (nm)

yahtzee

Apr 4, 04:22pm

Having lost only 60 lbs over the past couple years (short)

Cosmodiar

Apr 4, 04:36pm

Wasting food shouldn't count in the equation.

Apr 4, 05:33pm

Not talking about wasting... talking about how quickly it

BYUtka

Apr 4, 08:12pm

Healthy food requires time and preparation.

HuskerFan2

Apr 4, 03:54pm

RE: What social forces contribute to obesity? (short)

DodgerMike

Apr 4, 04:01pm

Laziness. (nm)

Malathion

Apr 4, 04:02pm

1st world problem. we're rich. (nm)

Apr 4, 04:02pm

<< Deleted >> (nm)

Steve O'Rama

Apr 4, 04:03pm

When it became "funny" to be fat.

PhillyYFan

Apr 4, 04:05pm

When people's social life is an internet chat board instead (short)

sethj250

Apr 4, 04:10pm

Tariffs, government subsidies (nm)

yahtzee

Apr 4, 04:13pm

Pornography (nm)

Apr 4, 04:20pm

The Law of Chastity and modest dress (nm)

byuPT

Apr 4, 04:21pm

Honestly it's Capitalism. A consumer

Apr 4, 04:26pm

Definitely some truth there. (nm)

mr_thekid

Apr 4, 04:33pm

The internet (nm)

maizecoug

Apr 4, 04:40pm

lack of self-discipline...

ds7

Apr 4, 04:42pm

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