Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Food for Thought http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050928/D8CSU0K80.html
Here are the first few paragraphs of an Associated Press dispatch from Seattle:

"Laurieann Cossey has always struggled with her weight. Four years ago, she was diagnosed with diabetes. Now, six months pregnant and struggling to get by, the single mother tries to make sure her 1-year-old son gets the fruits and vegetables he needs. "I worry a lot about my son being obese," said Cossey, whose mother and grandmother also had diabetes. Cossey, a 43-year-old community college student, and her son, Andrew, survive on food stamps, trips to the food bank, and a state program for pregnant women and their children that provides essentials such as dairy products, fruit juice and cereal. She knows they should both be eating more fruits and vegetables. But the foods on the government's new food pyramid are too expensive. Boxed macaroni and cheese costs less than a dollar to feed the whole family; a fresh chicken breast and steamed vegetables cost about $2.60."

The article makes no mention of the father or fathers of 1-year-old Andrew and his unnamed fetal-American sibling. The headline is "Poor Have Difficulty Eating Healthy Foods." A better headline would be "Women Without Husbands Have Difficulty Providing for Children."

1 comment:

Fry Pan said...

Odd, no mention of a J. O. B.

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