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No offense, but you are just ignorant :/ http://abcnews.go.com/Health/food-insecurity-affects-50-million-americans/story?id=13206053 http://abcnews.go.com/Heal

No offense, but you are just ignorant :/ http://abcnews.go.com/Health/food-insecurity-affects-50-million-americans/story?id=13206053 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/food-insecurity-affects-50-mill... http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err173.aspx http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-r... So, 14.3% of US Households don't have enough food. Food insecurity is another way of saying "Hey, we may not eat today but we eat enough calories on average to survive.". You think these people are paying their power bills over food? Seriously? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/american-recession-food-insecurity_n_5681559.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/american-recession-... "69 percent of households that rely on food charities to survive have been forced to choose between paying for utilities and paying for food." "66 percent of households said they’ve had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care. Thirty-one percent said they had to make that choice every month." I'm guessing some people are letting the power bill go unpaid based on that, eh? So when you say its "Envy" are you saying you are ignorant or that 14.3% of the people in this country are envious, ungrateful bastards for thinking they deserve 3 square meals a day?

yummyfajitas 12y ago
Food insecurity is another way of saying "Hey, we may not eat today but we eat enough calories on average to survive.". You seem to be confusing "food security" with "very low food security". http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/definitions-of-food-security.aspx http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/foo... None of these things are hunger, however. So when you say its "Envy" are you saying you are ignorant or that 14.3% of the people in this country are envious, ungrateful bastards for thinking they deserve 3 square meals a day? The natural consequence of not getting enough food is weight loss. Where are the skinny poor people? Note that here in India, even in a well developed city, they aren't hard to find. In the poor parts of the US where I've lived, you mostly just see fat people.
- opendais 12y ago
  > You seem to be confusing "food security" with "very low food security". From the link: "Food insecurity—the condition assessed in the food security survey and represented in USDA food security reports—is a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food." "reports of reduced quality" What do you think quality means in a nutritional context? How it tastes? No, that is desirability. > The natural consequence of not getting enough food is weight loss. Where are the skinny poor people? Note that here in India, even in a well developed city, they aren't hard to find. In the poor parts of the US where I've lived, you mostly just see fat people. You do realize you can just eat a bunch of starchy foods and suffer malnutrition but not lose weight right? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/malnutrition-obesity_b_1324760.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/malnutrition-obe... I think the issue here is you are trying to be pedantic without understanding the context of the words being used. That and complete ignorance of "sufficient calories to gain weight" != "3 square meals a day". http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/balanced http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng... "(Especially of food) having different elements in the correct proportions: a healthy, balanced diet" http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/square-meal http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng... "A substantial, satisfying, and balanced meal:" So your argument is basically: "Well 14.3% are alive and not starving to death" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100512141912.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100512141912.ht... 2-3,000 people a year die from malnutrtion in the US. > The natural consequence of not getting enough food is weight loss. Where are the skinny poor people? Note that here in India, even in a well developed city, they aren't hard to find. In the poor parts of the US where I've lived, you mostly just see fat people. This isn't evidence either btw. Its anecdotal. You are refusing 5% of the population doesn't get enough to eat and people dying every year in the US as "well, I don't see it". But hey, 2-3,000 people dying a year isn't a problem for you eh? Because its just envy. Nope. No material impact whatsoever.

yummyfajitas 12y ago

Food insecurity is another way of saying "Hey, we may not eat today but we eat enough calories on average to survive.". You seem to be confusing "food security" with "very low food security". http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/definitions-of-food-security.aspx http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/foo... None of these things are hunger, however. So when you say its "Envy" are you saying you are ignorant or that 14.3% of the people in this country are envious, ungrateful bastards for thinking they deserve 3 square meals a day? The natural consequence of not getting enough food is weight loss. Where are the skinny poor people? Note that here in India, even in a well developed city, they aren't hard to find. In the poor parts of the US where I've lived, you mostly just see fat people.

opendais 12y ago
> You seem to be confusing "food security" with "very low food security". From the link: "Food insecurity—the condition assessed in the food security survey and represented in USDA food security reports—is a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food." "reports of reduced quality" What do you think quality means in a nutritional context? How it tastes? No, that is desirability. > The natural consequence of not getting enough food is weight loss. Where are the skinny poor people? Note that here in India, even in a well developed city, they aren't hard to find. In the poor parts of the US where I've lived, you mostly just see fat people. You do realize you can just eat a bunch of starchy foods and suffer malnutrition but not lose weight right? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/malnutrition-obesity_b_1324760.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/malnutrition-obe... I think the issue here is you are trying to be pedantic without understanding the context of the words being used. That and complete ignorance of "sufficient calories to gain weight" != "3 square meals a day". http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/balanced http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng... "(Especially of food) having different elements in the correct proportions: a healthy, balanced diet" http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/square-meal http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng... "A substantial, satisfying, and balanced meal:" So your argument is basically: "Well 14.3% are alive and not starving to death" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100512141912.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100512141912.ht... 2-3,000 people a year die from malnutrtion in the US. > The natural consequence of not getting enough food is weight loss. Where are the skinny poor people? Note that here in India, even in a well developed city, they aren't hard to find. In the poor parts of the US where I've lived, you mostly just see fat people. This isn't evidence either btw. Its anecdotal. You are refusing 5% of the population doesn't get enough to eat and people dying every year in the US as "well, I don't see it". But hey, 2-3,000 people dying a year isn't a problem for you eh? Because its just envy. Nope. No material impact whatsoever.