Claire Byrne: ''Obesity is a symptom of poverty''

paky

Claire Byrne just made this remark on the Daily Show :pac:

What are other symptoms of this terrible affliction poverty?

Sindri

Yeah she'd know.


Disclaimer:I do not know who Claire Byrne is. Hopefully she's a fox.

stupidusername

She blonde

FatherLen

who is claire byrne and why is she so dumb

Sindri

^^^^I was not disappointed.

paky

FatherLen wrote: »

who is claire byrne and why is she so dumb

its the up tight woman who co presents the daily show with dathy o shea

ejmaztec

Is she obese?

Sindri

Symptoms of poverty:-


An overpowering urge to procreate.

An overpowering urge to eat food with a high fat content.

An overpowering urge to steal and rob.

A tendency towards violence.

A tendency towards illiteracy.

A tendency to wear plastic as a clothing item.

Being unhygienic.

The idea that the government owes you money.

Ste.phen

Is she wrong?

GLaDOS

Sindri wrote: »

Symptoms of poverty:-


An overpowering urge to procreate.

An overpowering urge to eat food with a high fat content.

An overpowering urge to steal and rob.

A tendency towards violence.

A tendency towards illiteracy.

The idea that the government owes you money.

Don't forget the tracksuits

I am pie

Obese countries are the poorest in the world ? Haven't checked, but I'm thinking probably not.

ntlbell

Ste.phen wrote: »

Is she wrong?

amurica?

ahem

Chuck Stone

I have a hard soft spot for her.

Here's a pic of her caressing her puppies.

getuponthis

Obesity is a sign of poverty....? Tell that to Mary Harney!

paky

Ste.phen wrote: »

Is she wrong?

well yes, not all impoverished people are fat

kfallon

I am absolutely shocked.......somebody watches The Daily Show :eek:

hondasam

paky wrote: »

Claire Byrne just made this remark on the Daily Show :pac:

What are other symptoms of this terrible affliction poverty?

Poor people do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. People are not starving, but they are “food insecure.” If the only food available/affordable is fried foods, cheap /junk etc, then that is obviously what people are going to eat.

In that respect she is Blonde and right.

John Doe1

Obviously she means in first world nations, Just drive round a knacker estate in dublin and see all obese women wobbling down the street:)

tricky D

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Don't forget the tracksuits

And the pyjamas.

Tiocfaidh Armani

Fatty food is cheaper so therefore she is right.

ntlbell

John Doe1 wrote: »

Obviously she means in first world nations, Just drive round a knacker estate in dublin and see all obese women wobbling down the street:)

There's plenty of fat little c*nts running around the south side of dublin

Yahew

When I use my time machine to go to the 19th century ( or earlier), their learned minds will ask me this: Has the 20th/21st century eliminated poverty.

I will say "No! Its a bad old Capitalist world and the poor suffer from Obesity because of it".

To which they will reply:

"Sounds like you have eliminated poverty"

Feisar

Ste.phen wrote: »

Is she wrong?

One can argue that poor people tend to eat a lot more processed food because it appears to be cheaper even though said food is usually high in saturated and trans/hydrogenated fats.

Are there any studies which indicate that the less well off are heavier than those on average or above incomes?

Casillas

Starvation is a symbol of poverty...

Keyzer

getuponthis wrote: »

Obesity is a sign of poverty....? Tell that to Mary Harney!

Solooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........

biko

Ste.phen wrote: »

Is she wrong?

She's not. Poor people tend to buy cheap fast food rather than healthy veggies and other things.
They also tend to exercise less.
Hence the obesity.

Yahew

Healthy foods are just as cheap - but they often involve cooking.

mattjack

John Doe1 wrote: »

Obviously she means in first world nations, Just drive round a knacker estate in dublin and see all obese women wobbling down the street:)

what's a knacker estate ?

Captain Darling

She's not wrong, she should have elaborated more however.

Sindri

Class warfare.

Scumbags get plastic forks and hubcaps.


We get dessert spoons.

Who wins?

Johro

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I have a hard soft spot for her.

Here's a pic of her caressing her puppies.

Meh. Even the puppies look unimpressed.

muckwarrior

biko wrote: »

She's not. Poor Lazy stupid people tend to buy cheap fast food rather than healthy veggies and other things.
They also tend to exercise less.
Hence the obesity.

FYP

I am a friend

She is wrong because obesity is a symptom of laziness (with the exception of the 0.001% of people with a thyroid problem)... Lazy people can be poor or rich....

Gurgle

hondasam wrote: »

Poor people do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. People are not starving, but they are “food insecure.” If the only food available/affordable is fried foods, cheap /junk etc, then that is obviously what people are going to eat.

Bullshìt.
Ever been to a supermarket?
Fruit & Veg is the cheapest way to eat.

Lapin

Gurgle wrote: »

Bullshìt.
Ever been to a supermarket?
Fruit & Veg is the cheapest way to eat.

Yeah, but it has to be cooked with attention given to it.

Much easier to stick a frozen pizza on the oven for 20 mins.

Obesity is a symptom of laziness.

Duggy747

Veg ain't the quickest or easiest to cook since it requires at least 1 "give-a-fùck" to do. Hence why they buy all the fatty, processed shìt like pizzas and other oven stuff.

Obesity does come in all forms, rich or poor.

She sounds like your regular dumb broad running her mouth after watching a documentary on netflix.

Xenophile

Claire Byrne: ''Obesity is a symptom of poverty''

Poverty in early childhood where other siblings are involved might be easily be a factor. Her comment is worthy of being researched.

Scanlas The 2nd

Gurgle wrote: »

Bullshìt.
Ever been to a supermarket?
Fruit & Veg is the cheapest way to eat.

Couldn't agree more. I bought two pieces of lambs liver over the weekend which cost 75 cent and two lambs kidneys for 80 cent. That's some of the most nutritious food you can eat. You can buy half a kilo of mince for a few euro. Vegetables are cheap too. Fresh fish isn't even that dear, you can get a fillet of salmon for 2 euro.

KungPao

I bought a good sized chicken, some rooster potatoes and carrots for around €7.50. Cooked the chicken on saturday evening, started eating that night and have eaten some every day since. Just finished off the last of it with some homemade tomato sauce and cheap pasta.

That's a lot of (fairly healthy) eating for less than a tenner all together.

Laziness and ignorance is the cause of obesity in most cases IMO.

mariano rivera

Lapin wrote: »

Yeah, but it has to be cooked with attention given to it.

Much easier to stick a frozen pizza on the oven for 20 mins.

Obesity is a symptom of laziness.

I think there is a touch of stupidity aswell

You see these FAT programmes Operation Transfatformation or whatever

"I have just lt myself go, the last while"

"Oh, I am 19 stone! That s a shock"

Like, what happened when they were 14 stone or 16 stone

Did 6 stone of blubber creep up on them one night and attach itself to these people?

hondasam

Gurgle wrote: »

Bullshìt.
Ever been to a supermarket?
Fruit & Veg is the cheapest way to eat.

Yes I have, fruit is not that cheap imo.

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. I bought two pieces of lambs liver over the weekend which cost 75 cent and two lambs kidneys for 80 cent. That's some of the most nutritious food you can eat. You can buy half a kilo of mince for a few euro. Vegetables are cheap too. Fresh fish isn't even that dear, you can get a fillet of salmon for 2 euro.

Everything is cheap if you are only buying for one or two people.
Buying for a family is a bit different.

Sindri

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. I bought two pieces of lambs liver over the weekend which cost 75 cent and two lambs kidneys for 80 cent. That's some of the most nutritious food you can eat. You can buy half a kilo of mince for a few euro. Vegetables are cheap too. Fresh fish isn't even that dear, you can get a fillet of salmon for 2 euro.

Yes but it takes time to cook and prepare.

Maximus Alexander

If she slightly reworded it, it would make more sense.

"Obesity is a symptom of eating too much".

Alternatively, if there are any Sheldon Coopers reading:

"Obesity is a symptom of regularly consuming food with a caloric content greater than that required for sustenance".

mariano rivera

hondasam wrote: »

Yes I have, fruit is not that cheap imo.



Everything is cheap if you are only buying for one or two people.
Buying for a family is a bit different.

NOPE

More value in buying for more people

Less waste

KungPao

hondasam wrote: »

Yes I have, fruit is not that cheap imo.
.

Fresh wexford strawberries or preprepared fruit salads are pricey but come on...apples and bananas in Lidl?

Cheap as...err.. chips.

TeddyTedson

Obviously people on both ends of the scale can be obese. But poorer areas have more obese people, and more fast food take aways also. This is old news that I though everyone was aware of this years ago.

AnonoBoy

How can poor people afford to be fat?

mariano rivera

Sindri wrote: »

Yes but it takes time to cook and prepare.

What do you do that you don't have time to cook food?

Yahew

hondasam wrote: »

Yes I have, fruit is not that cheap imo.


Everything is cheap if you are only buying for one or two people.
Buying for a family is a bit different.

The opposite is true, The cost scales down per person as ingredients are cheaper in bulk. Its costlier to cook for one. A singleton is occasionally justified in getting a ready made mealin terms of cost, but not a couple

Sindri

mariano rivera wrote: »

NOPE

More value in buying for more people

Less waste

Is that your excuse?