Has anyone ever checked the prices of "healthy" foods? It is much cheaper to eat ground beef than it is to eat anything else. When one is on a fixed income grocery shopping is all about cheaper choices not what is fattening. The only thing lower income people can to is reduce the amount of intake which I have done but when you are using every minute trying to find the money to survive it is difficult to get in an exorcise regime to help. Granted some in the US are just lazy but a large part of us are just trying to survive and are not overly concerned about being overweight.