"BREAK the link between POVERTY and OBESITY!"

I am advocating that the government should break the link between poverty and obesity, due to low income families, food stamps, and that obesity is one of ten of the leading causes of deaths. The government can fix this by lowering the prices of healthy foods and rising the prices of junk foods; because lower income families wont need to worry about becoming obese along with their children. It would save them thousands of money per year. "The study published by STFM found that the average total cost for the healthy-food-diet model was $5,019 per year. The average cost of the convenient-food-diet model was more than twice that of the healthy-food-model, at $10,298 per year. The average daily cost of the healthy diet was $7.48, while the fast food diet averaged $15.30 per day."(Writer, Leaf Group. "The Price Difference Between Healthy Food & Fast Food." Healthy Eating. SF Gate, 07 Oct. 2016. Web. 24 May 2017. ) People are paying so much because that is all that can afford. If you sign this petition that would show you are willing to help others and yourself from the harm of eating too much to become obese.