Reply #86: Not true.

[Lindacooks]

There are so many factors that go into how a person eats. In many poor neighborhoods, there just isn't a choice of healthy fresh food, and if you don't have a car, taking a bus to a good grocery store is just one thing too many.

And fresh food takes more energy and knowledge to prepare; if you are working two full time minimum wage jobs to just get by, you're not about to peel and slice peaches, trim and steam broccoli, wash and shred lettuce, trim and cook asparagus, and form and shape hamburger patties when you can make a 36 cent box of mac & cheese.

And that doesn't even take into account illnesses like depression, which are as debilitating as end-stage heart disease. No one who is worrying about being homeless is going to have the energy or even the inclination to eat healthy.