As an anti-hunger advocate, I found the perplexity of the obesity problem and the hunger problem existing side-by-side in our increasingly global food system begged further investigation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The right use of food can end hunger.
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.
The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.
People are overweight and starving at the same time. It's a tragedy for both the individual and society.
Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.
Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.
We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on the right side of this battle by beginning to think differently about the way that we eat and the way that we approach food.
Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing.
Hunger in America is an American problem. The hunger of one should be the concern of all. Especially the hunger of children - our children.