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Many Overweight People Can't Afford to Buy Food

Many of the working poor struggle to keep their refrigerator stocked with food, yet many are overweight and diabetic. This is a classic example of a modern-day paradox: As reliable access to healthful food declines, the likelihood of being overweight increases. The working poor often have little money to buy fresh vegetables and other healthy food and face a long walk even to get to a supermarket with a produce section. Ironically, some of California's produce pickers can't even afford to...