Comments on: If only poor people understood nutrition!

By: Dear Health Care Provider « Raising My Boychick

Dear Health Care Provider « Raising My Boychick — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:04:13 +0000

[...] or die.”). It recognizes that there are more important things than optimal nutrition (no, really, there are), and tells us it’s ok to honor those as [...]

By: Privilege and the food police: a rant and some tasty links | Spilt Milk

Privilege and the food police: a rant and some tasty links | Spilt Milk — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:59:57 +0000

[...] Finally, this is one of my favourite posts by The Fat Nutritionist, also worthy of your time: If only poor people understood nutrition! [...]

By: Poverty and Obesity: Intersecting Disadvantages « HEPFAT

Poverty and Obesity: Intersecting Disadvantages « HEPFAT — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:50:43 +0000

[...] that allow for the cheap production of high-fructose corn syrup, but I rather like Michelle of The Fat Nutritionist’s analysis of the link between poverty and obesity that utilizes Satter’s hierarchy of food needs. [...]

By: Poverty and Obesity: Intersecting Disadvantages « Poor Like Me

Poverty and Obesity: Intersecting Disadvantages « Poor Like Me — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:00:22 +0000

By: Fit to eat | Alas, a blog

Fit to eat | Alas, a blog — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:50:54 +0000

[...] And because no post like this would be complete without it, here is a link to the fat nutritionist’s If only poor people understood nutrition. [...]

By: Poverty and the Hierarchy of Food Needs « Epicuriosa: A foodie's unprocessed thoughts on eating, cooking, and how to fix the way we feed ourselves

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:07:04 +0000

[...] recently read this post about the treatment of the overweight poor by (previously unknown to me) blogger Michelle Allison, [...]

By: from one meat-eating liberal to another « Kelly Hogaboom

from one meat-eating liberal to another « Kelly Hogaboom — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:06:45 +0000

[...] am not an ethical food fanatic as you might understand such. Those in this movement often shame, disparage, and offer little assistance to those in less privileged socioeconomic spheres (I also get tired of all the obesity concern-trolling too). However the ethical food [...]

By: Food Stamp Benefits Slashed for Child Nutrition Program. « PostBourgie

Food Stamp Benefits Slashed for Child Nutrition Program. « PostBourgie — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:57:14 +0000

[...] for some time now — Racialicious, Jezebel, and Change.org have all riffed on a post by the Fat Nutritionist that seeks to explain why many fat people eat less-than-healthy food, and why poor people are so [...]

By: Food Chain Workers Alliance » Blog Archive » Why Poor People Don’t Eat Nutritious Food

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:48:25 +0000

[...] hearty hat tip to lady blog Jezebel for reminding me of this amazing blog post by Michelle, a.k.a. the Fat Nutritionist, about poor people and nutrition. It’s an oldie (in [...]

By: Fresh Watermelon: A reminder of the hierarchy of food needs « I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:05:31 +0000

[...] Michelle at The Fat Nutritionist writes, sometimes when a person chooses to eat nutritionally deficient or fattening foods, it is [...]

By: more randomness: food, needs, food needs, dairy/rape, dennis kucinich & dogs » V for Vegan: easyVegan.info

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:41:43 +0000

[...] Michelle at The Fat Nutritionist writes, sometimes when a person chooses to eat nutritionally deficient or fattening foods, it is [...]

By: 2nd – Saturday, 22 May 2010 « Diana.nu // Links

2nd – Saturday, 22 May 2010 « Diana.nu // Links — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:03:51 +0000

[...] If only poor people understood nutrition! Why educating poor people about nutrition doesn’t make you a saint. [...]

By: Structured eating works! « Urocyon's Meanderings

Structured eating works! « Urocyon's Meanderings — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:31:22 +0000

[...] was getting so ravenous for energy-dense stuff later in the day that what I was eating wasn’t very well balanced, either. It turned into a definite food insecurity situation, for somewhat unusual reasons. (It was [...]

By: Jen’s Den of Iniquity » what’s the big fat deal?

Jen’s Den of Iniquity » what’s the big fat deal? — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:32:40 +0000

[...] a fat person and see someone who may be poor or disabled. we look at a fat person and think, “if only they would *educate* themselves. if only they would eat less and move more. if only they had some willpower.” we look at a [...]

By: Breaking news: Given the option, people choose to purchase a variety of foods « spacedcowgirl

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:27:06 +0000

[...] that a “sin tax” is therefore the way to go. Great. That should really help poor people get the calories they need to function and survive. WHY do these people always assume that the ideal that we should all be [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:06:43 +0000

This thread has now been linked on Reddit, Metafilter, Digg, and StumbleUpon.

We’ve thrashed our way through the issue a dozen different ways in the 150+ comments here. And shit’s starting to get abusive. I like a lively debate — check out any of my other threads. But this place is intended to be more of a salon du muse, and less of a mud-wrasslin’ pit.

If anyone’s got something to say to continue the conversation, go ahead and blog about it and trackback. I might even link you in a separate post if it’s interesting.

But I’m going to close this down now cause it’s getting messy.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:57:33 +0000

That’s awesome. I wish more of them did this.

(CLEARLY I HATE MICHAEL POLLAN AND ALL FRESH FOOD!!!!!1!)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:49:43 +0000

Thank you for chiming in.

I’d also like to add: Walkerton, Ontario. People died. Charming!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:40:45 +0000

There is *no* municipality in America where you cannot obtain clean drinking and cooking water for your family.

Except, say, Crestwood Illinois where the water was tainted with toxic chemicals for over 20 years, the local government covered it up, and cancer rates in that town shot up. Yep, it's all hooey! (I know this is a closed end of the thread Michelle, but this was too easy not to knock down.)

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:29:43 +0000

Great article. I was so pleased when my farmer’s market (within walking distance of many poorer neighborhoods and within a bus ride to even more) started accepting food stamps, Senior Bucks and WIC.