I just wanted to add that when people have to work their butts off all day to survive (3 jobs, etc.), it's far easier to shove the cheap microwave mac & cheese at the kids and shovel some yourself before collapsing (in front of the boob tube, but that's another article). And then the kids don't learn to cook or prepare fresh food (much less grow it), and there you have a habitual cycle that continues through generations.

Boxed crap = food. What else is there? Flavorless salads for their salt-assaulted palates? Yeah, like they're going to choose that. =P

It takes a paradigm shift and unfortunately, money to realize what you should be eating and to learn to appreciate it and not crave the crap anymore... and to get access to the good stuff.

And the kids who are left to their own devices because the parents are so exhausted from this survival are the ones who do the emotional eating, too.

Poverty is the root of so many of our society's problems. We address it, and we'll see such improvements... It should be our first priority.