The Food We Eat

          In this article, I have come across, once again, the notion that social class has an impact on the food we consume. The author focuses on both the indirect and direct ways those social factors play a significant role when buying and consuming food on a day-to-day basis.

          A great point that was brought up in this article is that lower income individuals usually intake less fruits and vegetables as well as consuming not so healthy meals than, let’s say, a middle-class individual. Concluding to fact that lower income people usually have higher rates of illnesses than that of higher status in society.

          Lower income people unfortunately reside in places where there is a vast majority of individuals and families that live in poverty. It saddens me that not only are they struggling to make ends meet, when they do have the money and time to go grocery shopping, there are limitations that withhold them from buying healthy foods. There are times when even when there are foods such as fruit or vegetables, they are either extremely expensive, or not in the best terms for consumption whereas higher income neighborhoods are full of fresh foods on a constant daily terms.

          With higher social economic status, usually comes higher income. Higher educated people are usually more informed on what the body needs on a daily basis in order to be considered healthy. They have a better understanding on what is considered healthy. This portrays that higher-class people not only live a healthier life, but in a better lifestyle.

http://www.eufic.org/article/en/health-and-lifestyle/food-choice/artid/social-economic-determinants-food-choice/