Soda, Junk Food Consumption Affected By Income, 'Screen Time'

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TweetPreschoolers from low-income neighbourhoods and kids who spend more than two hours a day in front of a TV or video-game console have at least one thing in common: a thirst for sugary soda and juice, according to research from the University of Alberta...

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[mtnmedic]

TweetWhen I go shopping I see shopping carts full of frozen junk food, bags of cookies and chips, family sized packages of coldcuts, gallon jugs of red or blue stuff,..and not one head of lettuce, a tomato, or bag of apples ? And the people pushing the carts are titan sized,.. as well are the children who are bigger than I am !! At the checkout I look at whats in my cart and compare,..my cart looks like I raided a garden minus the six pack of lager. Good food is expensive agreed 100% ! but you can afford a bag of oranges or some apples ? and hell lettuce, carrots, and stuff isn't that expensive compared to a bag of chicken strips or family pack of bacon. I think people are just lazy,..they cant function if it cant be googled or handed to them in a bag from a drive through.