obesity epidemic
... particularly hard in minority communities -- especially among African-Americans -- who often have lower household incomes and rely more on cheap foods that are high in fat. Now the distinction between that and world hunger is that the poor or the less fortunate are the ones suffering of either starvation or obesity. Others are affected differently by the elites not allowing access to food even if there’s a sufficient amount of surplus. There government is more serving in its own self interest. As an example from Anuradha Mittal co director of Institute for Food and Development Policy says that Seventy-eight percent of countries reporting child malnourishment export food….. From a food grain surplus of 10 million tons in 1999, the stocks have multiplied to 42 million tons. Instead of distributing the surplus among those who desperately need it, the government either wants to find an export market or release it in the open market. (Anuradha Mittal) This may be outdated but than correct me if I’m wrong that this isn’t the only place it happens and this is just an example of how things may go about in any given country. Who deserves more, the people who paid more? If that’s what you say. Okay. My second claim is about how western media leads us to believe that it’s not a social and historical phenomenon of obesity than it being an individual problem. For example, most western media talk about the advancement of technology being the problem and that kids want to stay inside playing video games or get a ride from there parents instead of walking that short distance or playing an outdoor sport. Yet they forget the distribution of food is owned by the countries elites in the U.S. and the indirect influence elitists h...