Is gluttony causing poverty? We always hear that obesity and poverty are linked, the message being that poverty causes obesity but could it be the other way around? That is to say, people who spend a lot of money on eating food that their body doesn't need end up obese and broke. Also, could victim mentality be linked to this, people who want to be a victim and are afraid of success sabbotage themselves economically by spending up all the money they have on food and uses the excuse of "I need to eat" to make it seem like a necessity rather than excess?