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> But is someone really hungry or starving if they're overweight or obese? Maybe, yes. It's easy for someone with an ample supply of cheap, crappy food to have
by apendleton 9y ago
> But is someone really hungry or starving if they're overweight or obese?
Maybe, yes. It's easy for someone with an ample supply of cheap, crappy food to have both a calorie surplus and a nutrient deficit. These people are absolutely "malnourished" even if they're obese, and are a significant burden on the public health system. Food security is not just about access to adequate calories, it's about access to nutritious foods, to foods that make people feel full without eating to excess, etc. But vegetables are dramatically more expensive than soda per calorie.
- notadoc 9y ago> vegetables are dramatically more expensive than soda per calorie. That's a poor measure of comparison. Vegetarians are healthy and easily survive without a problem on vegetables only (and calorie wise 50% or far less of what the "daily recommended intake" often is) whereas nobody is going to survive on soda alone.