Too poor to have access to healthy foods

Donna Gordon Blankinship of the AP highlights a freequently ignored issues in her story "Poor Have Difficulty Eating Healthy Foods"

Cossey, a 43-year-old community college student, and her son, Andrew, survive on food stamps, trips to the food bank, and a state program for pregnant women and their children that provides essentials such as dairy products, fruit juice and cereal.

She knows they should both be eating more fruits and vegetables. But the foods on the government's new food pyramid are too expensive. Boxed macaroni and cheese costs less than a dollar to feed the whole family; a fresh chicken breast and steamed vegetables cost about $2.60.

For further reading on the abuse of poor people, business and nutrition look at the following which talk about how the fast food industry prey upon people who can not afford higher quality food.
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock
-Josh Wilkins