CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS: (UPSETTING) DIETS AND HUNGER I have met an absurd number

CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS: (UPSETTING) DIETS AND HUNGER

I have met an absurd number of people here, and it may be the circle of people I’m meeting, that eat only once a day, and compensate with cigarettes and coffee.

Now, I’m pretty thrilled at the physical appearance of men and women here, even if the smoke is brutal on my lungs. But if these random observations are backed by some kind of confirming data (not the BS that we get in the states) then it’s just painfully sad.

I mean, in the states, most of us try to avoid obesity. Our poor especially. But here, they eat less, what they eat is less processed, they walk, and they smoke. It’s no wonder they’re so fit. Seriously.

I heard another story the other day about a couple with a child who only eats once a day so that they can afford clothes for the kid. And if you watch the lunch counter lines even here downtown, it’s suspicious how little food, and how cheap it is, that a lot of people put on their plates.

In the states we see people bring lunch to work. That makes sense. But usually it’s so that they can save up for something like a house or car. Or because it’s just so offensive when you add up what you spend for lunches, compared to your entire food budget for the family. I can understand those things. Or maybe you just want to eat healthy, which is impossible even in the most socially conscious cities.

These people are not so much preyed upon by corruption, as the corrupt ignore them and let them either leave the country or hunger.