# How do women in poverty become obese?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-women-in-poverty-become-obese/791123 "2017-07-12T20:14:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-women-in-poverty-become-obese/791123/62 "2017-07-13T14:44:30Z")

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> [@Slash1972](#):
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> Come on, man! How do you expect people to find the time to actually USE these items in between working 2-3 jobs for 120 hours a week?

Because most people aren’t working 2-3 jobs for 120 hours a week. As has already been mentioned (did you read all the posts?), most people living in poverty do not work. Most people living in poverty who _do_ work do not work full-time, year-round. As I posted elsewhere last year:

> [@The virtues of a $10/hour minimum wage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virtues-of-a-10-hour-minimum-wage/753021/162):
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> Here ([.pdf](https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p60-252.pdf)) are better data (USCB) on people living in poverty in 2014.
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> 26.5MM age 18-64 lived in poverty.  
> 16.4MM (62%) of them did not work.  
> 7.1MM (27%) worked, but not full-time, year-round  
> 3.1MM (12%) worked full-time, year-round

Now, many people do not work because they are disabled. That may make physical activity difficult. It does not describe everyone, obviously, but it is a consideration to be made.

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