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Default 200 calories looks like this; 300 like this

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:50:06 -0600, "modom (palindrome guy)"
> wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:16:11 -1000, wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:44:27 -0600, "modom (palindrome guy)"
> wrote:
>>
>>>A selection of pictures of food portions that total 200 Calories:
>>>
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-20...-look-like.htm
>>>
>>>Another (with prices) for 300 Calorie portions:
>>>http://www.healthassist.net/food/300kcal/300.shtml

>>
>>Thanks for posting that. It was very interesting!
>>

>I noticed that the ratio of cost to Calories was off for many items. I
>mean that a lot of cheap stuff was high in Calories and a lot of
>expensive stuff was low.


That makes sense to me. Without casting aspersions, I do notice- that
in Hawaii at least - more high caloric food is eaten by people who are
closer to the poverty line. Just an observation.
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