The cost of Healthy Eating?

[AnyDream]

And when your dental health is poor and you're missing half your teeth because you have little to no access to dental services, chomping down on a nice healthy salad is the last thing you want to do! Chips, on the other hand, can be gummed down pretty easily...

[nothing2lose]

Funny, the one thing I keep thinking of when reading this (and another similar) thread is Trillian's signature.

The irony of white privilege is that you don't understand it because you are privileged.

If only the playing field was equal.

[AnyDream]

LOL N2L, I've been thinking of Trillian's sig all day too.

[Calluna]

Yeah, Marydean, I realised that after I posted but wasnt sure how.I could come out of it without looking like a ****. So I just shut up. Lol
I guess I was just looking at it from city living point.of view. Everything one needs is here. Its all I know. I am learning a lot from this discussion though.

[Livinthedream]

Funny, the one thing I keep thinking of when reading this (and another similar) thread is Trillian's signature.

The irony of white privilege is that you don't understand it because you are privileged.

If only the playing field was equal.

N2L. I get what you are saying, I truly do.
But the issues we are discussing concern people who do have access to money and refridgerators and supermarkets.
I am sure there are 10s of thousands of people living in abject poverty.
But the simple fact is, they do not make up the majority of obese Australians.
Go to your local shopping centre, there are fat people EVERYWHERE.
Now these people are all capable of obtaining a drivers licence, remembering pin numbers to ATM cards, setting up facebook accounts and sending txt messages.
They are not impoverished, or mentally disabled, they KNOW that an apple is better for you than a mars bar.
Yet for some reason, you would have us believe that its not their fault, that there must be some other reason that they are fat.
Why make excuses for them, doesnt that just perpetuate the problem?
I am 15 kg over weight. I eat too much (of the "right" foods)
I own it, its not anyone elses fault and I need to fix it.
No excuses

[onthefly]

Hey, go failsafe. You'll save loads on the grocery bill - true! And you probably won't overeat - not much point with so little flavour.
In all seriousness, we're spending a lot less on food nowadays.

[Calluna]

First, but minor. Warrnambool has one library, which if the council could withdraw its funding it would. The cook book section is small, plus, as has already been said, you need to know what you are looking for in the first place.

Ok. I left when I was 12 so dont remember a whole lot. I just remember walking there. maybe I was thinking of Dennington or the school library or something. Thats really sad about the funding. I dont think Ive ever seen the cooking section. Didnt really interest me at the stage. Lol