The study concluded that conflicting nutritional information caused some Americans to eat even more animal products and other fat-laden foods. People of lower socioeconomic status, as measured by education or income, were among those most likely to be unable or unwilling to eat a healthy diet. The other groups which eat the worst diet are the over-60 crowd, and males aged 18 to 35. To read the article, click here . The study described in this second story appears to be based on a false premise.
Old people are more likely to eat the same crap they've eaten all their lives because of habit.
Of course not. It's a matter of NOT thinking about consequences that this group eats a crummy diet, as opposed to some conscious intent the the study authors erroneously ascribe to this group. The poor, on the other hand, are buying the cheapest food available. The fact is the poor obviously aren't getting much in the way of nutritional information at all. And as is only too evident, people are shopping their pocketbooks, not their brains.