Osborne Once Famously Said: 'we Are All In This Together'. Do Many Of The Rich Suffer From Malnutrition?

[sandyRoe]

Or is it an affliction of the poor which will be made even worse if the proposed cuts in welfare take effect?
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/malnutrition-and-other-victorian-diseases-soaring-in-england-due-to-food-poverty-and-cuts/ar-BBmvrto?li=AAaeUIW

[Hypognosis]

If we're all in it together, how many Golf Courses have had to close, due to falling attendances?

Any marinas looking sparser than 10 years ago?

[naomi24]

Malnutrition isn’t necessarily a result of hunger, but of poor diet. Many people rarely eat fresh fruit and vegetables, opting instead for convenience foods – but why address the root of the problem when you can spin it into a bit of political mileage?

[Copacetic]

There are lots of causes for malnutrition, the governments cuts are not making things easier though are they.

[naomi24]

Heaven forbid that people take responsibility for themselves! That would never do!

[Hypognosis]

Five a day keeps the farmer's accountant away.

[Hypognosis]

I've not read this, I just found it at the foot of the House of Lords story, from another thread and felt it was pertinent in this one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34647454

[Copacetic]

what a bitter, narrow mind you have naomi.

[naomi24]

No doubt my sins are great indeed - but this thread isn't about me.

[sandyRoe]

Come, come, Naomi. I'm sure you're not half as black as you paint yourself.

[VHG]

I wonder how many people suffering from "food poverty" have got the latest Apple iPhone or other top of the range smartphone !

[Tilly2]

'Admissions for malnutrition nationally were highest among men in their sixties, followed by those aged over 80, and among women in their fifties, followed by those in their forties.'

Not typical Smart phone users, I'd say.

[retrocop]

VHG
A good many I suspect if the wall to wall cinema systems on Benefits Britain are anything to go by.

[Svejk]

Ha Ha, there's no reason (government related) for anyone in this country to suffer from malnutrition. In fact, imo, there's something rather perverse to even suggest that for petty political point scoring.
Other 'Victorian' diseases, yes, are making a comeback. Thanks, totally, to the enrichment, you, sandy, and your liberal mates claim to be so keen on. (usually, with the proviso, they live near other people)

[Baldric]

///Malnutrition isn’t necessarily a result of hunger, but of poor diet. Many people rarely eat fresh fruit and vegetables, opting instead for convenience foods///

Spot on Naomi, you've only got to glance at the contents of some folks Trolleys in the Supermarket to see that!

[pastafreak]

// ///Malnutrition isn’t necessarily a result of hunger, but of poor diet. Many people rarely eat fresh fruit and vegetables, opting instead for convenience foods///

Spot on Naomi, you've only got to glance at the contents of some folks Trolleys in the Supermarket to see that//

And it's often the "middle" class,not just lower income members of society that are loading up on convenience foods. A recent series on the BBC demonstrated that. Loads of money spent on rubbish food,and they seem to not have a clue about nutrition,wastage or even basic Cookery skills.
Everyone can be affected,but due to different reasons

[andy-hughes]

Hearing a woman on the radio yesterday talking about tax credits really made me think.

She is a single mum, raising one son, and she is a graduate, who has tax credits that top up her income.

She said that having tax credits meant that she could buy a winter coat and new school shoes for her child, and not have to make a decision about which of them he could do without.

When you hear it put in personal terms like that - it does make you wonder if the politicians really have a grasp of what difference tax credits make to 'hard working families' to quote their nauseously patronising buzz phrase.

My youngest daughter is in a similar position - for the last four years she has worked minimum wage jobs even though full-time benefits would have meant she was financially better off - she didn't want to live off the state. She is already worrying about the impact of tax credit withdrawal.

Surely higher taxation on those who can afford it would be a better solution that removing help from those who can't.

[ummmm]

And then look at this scandal...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34647454

[naomi24]

andy-hughes, who are the people who can afford it and how much more would you like them to pay?

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //andy-hughes, who are the people who can afford it and how much more would you like them to pay? //

Well I am one for a start - I would accept a penny on income tax if it meant that the poorer people in society were not being squeezed in this way, it's immoral.

But of course, that way lies electoral defeat, whereas the perception that tax credits recipients are a bunch of work-dodgers chimes with a large part of the electorate.

[naomi24]

Hike up taxes even more on people who already pay around 50% of their income into the pot and you're in danger of eradicating incentive. We may as well all work just 16 hours a week and expect society to top us up.