09-12-2020, 05:34 PM
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Food is killing us
At the time of writing this thread, there are currently :840,022,797 undernourished people in the world
1,702,934,076 overweight people in the world
771,600,176 obese people in the world
Money spent in the US amounts to $75-$125 billion on indirect and direct costs due to obesity-related diseases.
Eric Schlosser in his book “Fast Food Nation” states that the annual health care costs in the US stemming from obesity approaches $240 billion.
Just imagine, we could eradicate world hunger with that kind of money!!!
Our food (the abundance thereof and the lack thereof) is killing us.
We are seriously misdirected if we don’t see what we’re doing to ourselves and others.
23,782 people and counting died of hunger today
What are your thoughts?
Source: WHO
09-12-2020, 06:07 PM
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Re: Food is killing us
Originally Posted by Minx
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At the time of writing this thread, there are currently :840,022,797 undernourished people in the world
1,702,934,076 overweight people in the world
771,600,176 obese people in the world
Money spent in the US amounts to $75-$125 billion on indirect and direct costs due to obesity-related diseases.
Eric Schlosser in his book “Fast Food Nation” states that the annual health care costs in the US stemming from obesity approaches $240 billion.
Just imagine, we could eradicate world hunger with that kind of money!!!
Our food (the abundance thereof and the lack thereof) is killing us.
We are seriously misdirected if we don’t see what we’re doing to ourselves and others.
23,782 people and counting died of hunger today
What are your thoughts?
Source: WHO
In this day and age I don’t understand why there is poverty and people dying of hunger....
09-12-2020, 06:10 PM
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Re: Food is killing us
Originally Posted by pauline3
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In this day and age I don’t understand why there is poverty and people dying of hunger....
09-12-2020, 06:29 PM
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Re: Food is killing us
Food is one of the great morale builders. Many people in 1st world nations are overwhelmingly stressed out/depressed and they use food, just as they use alcohol, to pacify themselves.It is extremely unlikely that many folks would give up that pacification.
Think about it. How many people do you know, or have seen, who sit in front of the TV and consume 1/2 liter of ice cream at a single sitting?
09-12-2020, 06:32 PM
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Re: Food is killing us
Originally Posted by bakerman
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Food is one of the great morale builders. Many people in 1st world nations are overwhelmingly stressed out/depressed and they use food, just as they use alcohol, to pacify themselves. It is extremely unlikely that many folks would give up that pacification.
Think about it. How many people do you know, or have seen, who sit in front of the TV and consume 1/2 liter of ice cream at a single sitting?
09-12-2020, 06:37 PM
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Re: Food is killing us
Originally Posted by bakerman
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Food is one of the great morale builders. Many people in 1st world nations are overwhelmingly stressed out/depressed and they use food, just as they use alcohol, to pacify themselves. It is extremely unlikely that many folks would give up that pacification.
Think about it. How many people do you know, or have seen, who sit in front of the TV and consume 1/2 liter of ice cream at a single sitting?
Plenty on the my 600lbs weight YouTube videos,what an eye opener that was bakerman,one man had to have part of his house removed to get him out of the house, I could not believe what they would consume in one sitting,and yes a lot said it was their comfort food.they still continued even though they knew it was killing them.quite a few passed away as well, very sad indeed.
09-12-2020, 06:42 PM
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Re: Food is killing us
Originally Posted by pauline3
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In this day and age I don’t understand why there is poverty and people dying of hunger....
Various issues I'm sure. Sub Saharan fertility rates are among the highest rates in the world yet starvation there is awful.
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