Today, we discover that "1 in 6 hungry in America last year." That is the headline in the USA Today. If you believe the report, 49 million people went hungry at some point in 2008, the highest number since the government began keeping track in 1995. Meanwhile, we learn - in the same paper - that "Rising obesity will cost the USA $344 billion." That's what fat people cost the nation annually, equal to 21% of health-care spending.The two problems should cancel each other out, shouldn't they? Oddly, the states with the greatest girths are also the poorest. Mississippi is number one in fat. It's also the poorest state. Could it be that fat people are going hungry? Is this a good thing; or a bad thing?
3 comments:
Of course it's a bad thing. With the little they have they buy the cheapest non-nutritional food. It satisfies as well as causing other problems. Ignorance and apathy are part of a vicious circle.
In the last few months our family has learned that eating the healthiest foods, which are the most expensive, can also result in weight loss and better health. I see what obese people put in their grocery carts and amazingingly enough they are stacked higher, look more delicious, and yes, cost less then what is in my cart. A quart of pine nuts which are loaded with nutrition and aid ligaments and joints to maintain their health among other things can be bought at the low price of $50. No exageration. I could fill a blog about this topic but not yours, ha ha ha!
I'll just about the obesity issue that poverty and a lack of motivation often hang out together. This may be oversimplifying it, but I think is a huge factor in obesity.
On a lighter note, I really like this photo. I love the way the path draws your eye in and then leads it out of the frame.
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