Spend less, eat more

Who would've thought that having less money would increase your chances of consuming more calories and more foods that will cause you to be overweight.  Fundamentally, this just does not make sense.  I would love to see how some historical figure who lived 200 years ago would react to that statement.  It does not make logical sense, but somehow it is now the norm in the U.S.  Looking at the chart for how much more smaller cans of soda cost per quart than larger bottles was astonishing.  I didn't realize how big of a difference it was.  Personal responsibility is really losing steam in the battle for what causes people to become obese.  The psychological toll that is placed on people when they believe they are exercising all the freedom in the world while subtly being coerced into buying things that fit their budget or feed their family is immense.  Where is the line to be drawn between freedom of choice and ultimatum of buying cheap, filling food?  Exercising freedom of choice does not matter when it is no longer a choice between healthy and unhealthy, but instead between unhealthy and more unhealthy.  Choice has become more of a bad than a good in the food industry, and especially in grocery stores.  Humans are not developing stronger personal responsibility and conviction to limit their purchasing to certain things at the same rate the food industry is piling on the choices.  How are people supposed to keep up?