[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

My solution? For every pound one is overweight, a pound is deducted from benefits.

Because there are no overweight people in work?

Anyway, less money is likely to make people fatter tbh. Healthy food tends to be much more expensive. So chopping away at peoples income will just make them put more weight on

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Because there are no overweight people in work?

Anyway, less money is likely to make people fatter tbh. Healthy food tends to be much more expensive. So chopping away at peoples income will just make them put more weight on

i doubt very much that the cost of "healthy food" is a main driver to convenience food

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i doubt very much that the cost of "healthy food" is a main driver to convenience food

The main driver to convenience food is high stress / high pressure lifestyles tbh. By the time it gets to dinner time, people can't be bothered putting together a proper meal, so it's oven-crap or takeaways. Of course, also, we're a generation or two down the line from the start of this - so a lot of people simply never learn how to cook real food in the first place, as they didn't grow up with it.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i doubt very much that the cost of "healthy food" is a main driver to convenience food

Really? The differences in prices are pretty insane and I can well see people with not much money chosing a large bag of chicken nuggets (which could do a few meals) for a quid over a couple of fresh breasts for a fiver tbh

When we have a particularly bad month, its actually quite tempting to buy a bunch of crap as you can fill the cupboards for much less with crap. Have done that sometimes too, but usually the thought of surviving on processed crap is enough to send us begging to family and friends for cash for 'proper' shopping. But if we didn't have people we could lend off, we would have not much choice :S