| A lot of us have shows about fast food and how | | | | restaurants to label their food with nutrition data |
| they are abundant in low income restaurants, and | | | | that shows people what they are really eating. |
| how they contribute to obesity in many people | | | | Sadly, even with the new labeling regulations, a |
| that live there. The truth about fast food is that it | | | | survey showed that New York's poor haven't |
| is not at all healthy for these people. | | | | really changed their eating patterns, and continue |
| Poor people tend to have less to choose from | | | | to make unhealthy choices with their food. |
| when it comes to eating out. Therefore, it's hard | | | | Stores like KF and McDonald's argue that the |
| to entirely fault them. It may sound ironic when | | | | survey is incorrect and their customers really are |
| you think about the fact that some of the | | | | making healthier choices in their eating habits. Why |
| cheapest foods are the ones with the most | | | | the inconsistency? What can explain the |
| calories. Doesn't this go against the logic of what | | | | discrepancy between their figures and the |
| one would expect? Why is it so easy to fill | | | | surveys? |
| ourselves up for such a low cost? Regardless of | | | | One possibility for the inconsistency in the |
| the situation, this is how the world works these | | | | numbers is that the unhealthy chains include the |
| days when it comes to nutrition. Many times, | | | | figures from the healthy ones. This means that |
| those without the financial means to buy | | | | places like Subway, which offer healthy food are |
| whatever they want as a means of survival will | | | | being combined with the data from places that |
| choose to chase the lowest price and a nearby | | | | don't serve healthy food. This makes the scores |
| location purely out of the necessity since they | | | | inconsistent and influences the results. |
| have no other options. As a result, that | | | | What New York City does is take data from the |
| cheeseburger they bought for a buck seems like | | | | wealthier neighborhoods and combine that with |
| a great buy, but it is loaded with calories and it is | | | | the results from the poor parts of the city. This |
| not at all healthy. | | | | make the numbers look better, but nothing is |
| Not only has there been a documentary on the | | | | really changing with regards to safety. |
| issue, but government has taken interest in fixing | | | | In the end, the city is being pointless in labeling |
| this problem as well. The New York City Council | | | | their fast food stores because nobody is really |
| has recently passed rules that require fast food | | | | changing their habits. |