# Obesity: The New Smoking

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-the-new-smoking/233624>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 11, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-the-new-smoking/233624 "2004-03-11T03:38:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-the-new-smoking/233624/21 "2004-03-13T18:19:55Z")

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I try to eat healthy, but healthy food is just SO expensive compared to the crap food. And that matters when you don’t have a lot of money.

Then again, I’m not even sure what “heathy” is any more. Is it low-fat? Is it high-protein? What?

But when I only have $40 for a week or two, I end up buying Pasta-Roni (1.09 a box), Mac&Cheese (.79 a box), canned food ($.79-$1.09), and potatos ($1.99 for a 5lb bag). I’m pretty sure that’s not healthy.

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