A Representation of Food and Poverty from 19th Century Britain to Modern Day

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on November 08, 2018

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Is poverty an excuse for an unhealthy diet?

In today's society, our eating habits are under scrutiny and there is constant encouragement to eat a good nutritional diet.In fact programs like BBC's Eat well for less are a typical example where families are taught how to cook and eat well balanced meals whilst also saving money. However, I have noticed none of the families on the show are living on minimum wage. In this blog I want to explore does poverty affect diet? If so then why are the working class more likely to eat unhealthily? In a recent article in The Guardian it stated that " J amie Oliver is right, for poor people putting food on the table trumps diet". With the poorest families in Britain living on just £13 a day, how is it truly possible to eat a well balanced diet on such a tight budget plus considering the time constraints of modern life. Therefore, I want to see for myself how practical and cheap/ expensive it is to eat a vegan based diet for one week , which one could argue has...

Food banks

Between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018, The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network distributed 1,332,952 three day emergency food supplies to people in crisis, a 13% increase on the previous year. 484,026 of these went to children. So I went on the most Cereal Soup Pasta Rice Tinned tomatoes/ pasta sauce Lentils, beans and pulses Tinned meat Tinned vegetables Tea/coffee Tinned fruit Biscuits UHT milk Fruit juice So this list of non perishable items are what is generally given to It is interesting to note ..... So

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