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Sure. Starvation is more deadly than obesity however, and globally more prevalent.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and... >In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese. >39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese. https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021 https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-h... >The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021 I would bet the obesity numbers have greatly increased since 2016.
- tristor 3y ago
  What wonder, we've nearly conquered hunger if obesity has finally become more prevalent than starvation. I stand corrected. Nonetheless, starvation is more directly harmful/deadly. Obesity may kill you eventually, starvation will kill you in relatively short order.
  - lotsofpulp 3y ago
    Sure, but this thread is about the price of processed junk foods going up, including burgers, the sat fat laden mayo, and the bread enveloping it. Price increases in healthy lentils, grains, nuts, fruits, vegetables, dairy, and healthier meats/poultry/fish is a concern for the global poor, but that is not what is talked about here.
- waffleiron 3y ago
  Another statistic from your source > Around 2.3 billion people in the world (29.3%) were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021 It’s easy to talk on a forum like this, where the median salary is massive compared to global/country median, that poor people shouldn’t be able to afford as much bad food. I think when you do so you’ve lost touch with the average person who is affected by things like shrinkflation.
  - lotsofpulp 3y ago
    I never meant to imply poor people, as in starvation poor, should not be able to afford as much bad food. But generally, the people eating burgers in developed countries have a choice of eating healthier foods, and choose to eat burgers instead.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and... >In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese. >39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese. https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021 https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-h... >The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021 I would bet the obesity numbers have greatly increased since 2016.

tristor 3y ago
What wonder, we've nearly conquered hunger if obesity has finally become more prevalent than starvation. I stand corrected. Nonetheless, starvation is more directly harmful/deadly. Obesity may kill you eventually, starvation will kill you in relatively short order.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Sure, but this thread is about the price of processed junk foods going up, including burgers, the sat fat laden mayo, and the bread enveloping it. Price increases in healthy lentils, grains, nuts, fruits, vegetables, dairy, and healthier meats/poultry/fish is a concern for the global poor, but that is not what is talked about here.
waffleiron 3y ago
Another statistic from your source > Around 2.3 billion people in the world (29.3%) were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021 It’s easy to talk on a forum like this, where the median salary is massive compared to global/country median, that poor people shouldn’t be able to afford as much bad food. I think when you do so you’ve lost touch with the average person who is affected by things like shrinkflation.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  I never meant to imply poor people, as in starvation poor, should not be able to afford as much bad food. But generally, the people eating burgers in developed countries have a choice of eating healthier foods, and choose to eat burgers instead.