Timmy's friend shonda, is obese. timmy knows that shonda's family really likes mcdonald's and often buys a lot of snack foods and sweets so that shonda is often around lots of unhealthy food. however, timmy also knows that her family can only afford mcdonald's because they are poor and that they live in an area where there aren't any grocery stores nearby (known as food desserts). timmy also knows that the government subsidizes food production in the u. s. and that most of that money goes towards dairy, grain, and meat food products rather than fruit and vegetables. this makes it so that most fruit and vegetables are often more expensive than the mcdonald's meals that shonda and her family eat so much. in realizing these things, timmy is using: