Well, yes, but.........
O.K.
I was born in Liverpool, and went to University in Liverpool.
My family is from Manchester.
I have never been poor (in the true sense) nor have I been hungry for more than the odd day.
I have always had the back stop of my extended family.
However this is not about poverty.
It is about the correct food to eat for long term health.
If the measure of poverty is the supermarket basket filled with pizza, pasta, white sliced bread, fizzy pop, and processed food then this is the wrong target.
Traditional Northern poverty food of bread and dripping is actually quite good for you if you have a lot of dripping on the bread.
Lancashire hot pot - cheap fatty cuts of meat stretched with loads of vegetables - is also a good meal.
'Soul food' or 'peasant food' is generally a good way of feeding a family on a budget.
I grew up with this kind of food.
And look at me now!
So the issue is the recommendations that we eat high carbohydrate and low fat to be healthy.
Studies are indicating that people on low budgets are eating enough food to become obese, but are malnourished.
The whole structure of diet recommendations needs to be turned on its head.
We should firstly make sure that the recommendation for a healthy diet does in fact recommend a healthy diet.
As a separate issue we should address food poverty in our enormously affluent nation.
Diet recommendations is something we can address directly by approaching key influencers and attempting to get them on our side.
Social inequality is a matter for the ballot box should you be lucky enough to find a political party which is not heavily invested in big industry and the status quo.
Cheers
LGC