Post originally by Martin Stennert at 2005-06-22 02:25:52
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I just googled the words "starve", "child" and "america" and got the following link:

http://www.fhfh.org/hunger.html

So much for the "fact" that no one starves in America. As for poor people being obese - that's the case in many countries. Being poor these people can only buy low quality food and have to depend more on cheap fatty and high-carbonhydrate food - hence, they become obese. The high level of obesity in the US is rather a sign of both poverty and low education standards (as a rule, higher education leads to a more health conscious diet) than proof of lack of poverty.