http://healthblog.ncpa.org/quote-of-the-day-2009109/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 03:28:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/quote-of-the-day-2009109/comment-page-1/#comment-46907 Linda Gorman Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:10:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5822#comment-46907 Poor equals fat? Gosh, what country is Mr. Engber from? Poor equals fat? Gosh, what country is Mr. Engber from?

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/quote-of-the-day-2009109/comment-page-1/#comment-46901 Larry C. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:31:35 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5822#comment-46901 Nice quote. Nice quote.

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/quote-of-the-day-2009109/comment-page-1/#comment-46899 Devon Herrick Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:48:22 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5822#comment-46899 Engber also explores the relationship between health, wealth and obesity with a novel idea: that poor people have an incentive to trade health for happiness. He says “since they don’t have as much money to spend on happiness, they ‘spend’ their health instead. To illustrate his point he explains, the “pleasures of smoking and eating, for example, are easy on the wallet and hard on the body.” Engber also explores the relationship between health, wealth and obesity with a novel idea: that poor people have an incentive to trade health for happiness. He says “since they don’t have as much money to spend on happiness, they ‘spend’ their health instead. To illustrate his point he explains, the “pleasures of smoking and eating, for example, are easy on the wallet and hard on the body.”

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