Study: The Middle Class Consumes More Fast Food Than Lower-Income Folks

• Agreed... I use 85/15 personally, but again the point of the article isnt who properly prepares a meal, its about poor people and obesity and the middle class and fast food.  If you want 70/30 stay clear of the big name markets and go to Superior,  

• The "cheapest ground beef is 70/30" -- yeah, when you can find it! I can afford 99/1 but always try to get 70/30, because the higher the fat, the better the taste (assuming the beef is fresh-ground and has been properly cared for). If you know how to cook hamburgers, sloppy joes, meatballs, etc., the final product isn't much more fatty than the white-gloves kind, but it's a lot more flavorful.

• Sh... I eat beans rice and nopales now!

• Not fideo, but beans and rice and nopales--and we loved it!

• Gustavo,  It can be, but the point of this story is the income classes and the food they eat  and why the paradox that the poor people eat less fast food and are still fat.  I'm also certain that the same poor people also lack the education to make wise shopping decisions.  I have no doubt you parents squeezed the quarter til the eagle grinned but I'm also sure you had fideo more then you ever wanted too. Just as I ate Hamburger Helper more than I ever wanted when my Mom and I were on our own.  

• Although dummy is a dummy, my parents did all you just put out AND did it without ever using processed foods. It can be done—no excuses.

• Your response is as arrogant and offensive as it is telling of your sheltered OC life.   Have you ever had to make a dollar stretch?  Have you ever had to feed 2 or 3 kids and try to pay rent on 10 bucks an hour?   Were you ever taught to think about what your going to say before you say it?   Unbelievable...

• you're an idiot. fresh produce, fresh baked goods, fresh proteins. if you go to the grocery store to buy food in a box, you are an idiot.

• Cheap food at the grocery store is worse than fast food... A box of hamburger helper has shit ton of sodium and the cheapest ground beef is 70/30 so right there you have already exceeded your daily max on both.  Ramen - bad for you... Mac and Cheese - bad for you... Frozen dinners - bad for you.  Not to mention when you cook at home its easier to forego portion control and eat everything you cooked instead of sticking to the reccomended serving size which is also rediculous. And they all are cheaper than a drive through meals and are often times on sale and the paper has coupons for them.  America is the only country in the world where the poor people are obese.  Its not just mcdonalds and jack in the box. 

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