Due to the steep decline of food prices, which was a result of the agricultural depression, most people with jobs could improve their diets during the time of the Depression. But in order to be able to afford enough to eat, unemployed people had to cut down on expensive foods like meat and fresh fruit. Even milk and other dairy products cost more than people were able to afford. The problem was further complicated when people who didn’t have money couldn’t balance their resources they had left efficiently. They had nothing to eat. Their evening meals consisted of bread and coffee. The standards for poor people was so low that it was tough even with good financial management skills to purchase a good diet. Routine medical and dental care started
