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I thought you should know about it:
I’m 16 years old and not obese. I am not the one in three kids. I go to a private school and get shuttled from sports practices to Whole Foods (where girls of my socioeconomic class pick up Luna bars and Vitaminwaters). Even so, there are Chipotle runs before soccer practice, and prom dates pick up McNuggets in tuxedos and $500 dresses. Yet they are not obese.She's exactly right!
Affluent kids go home and eat kale chips and a healthy dinner from Whole Foods, and get plenty of exercise daily because they can afford thousands of dollars’ worth of sports equipment, and have parents with flexible schedules and multiple cars to take them to a plethora of activities.
This is what we should be talking about. Not body image for girls, XXXL clothing, and giving uncomfortable talks to obese children about trying to eat more apples and take walks in the park. The hard truth is that a healthy meal is more expensive than a double cheeseburger at McDonald’s.
Let’s talk about how tragic it is that being healthy is expensive, and our underserved children exercise by playing ball on a four-square court made of duct tape on a shabby carpet while their parents are at work. Let’s talk about how in 2014, a child’s socioeconomic class is represented by obesity.
HONOR MURPHY
Easton, Md., June 25, 2014
Though Trish and I went to the Monterey Market in Berkeley the other day and it was piled to the rafters with gorgeous fresh produce, most of which I could afford! So there's more nuances than simply rich and poor. They want Berkeley people to live. People where I live can pick between poisoning themselves to death and starving.
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