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Such an interesting post and you provide such startling statistics; they really make your points alarming, and urgent. Do you think the globalization of food pathways (availability of western food all over the world, for instance) has created this "global epidemic"? How can we even begin to solve this problem--where do we start? Who is responsible for starting?

I would have to agree that this is such an interesting topic. It amazes me how two of the most alamaring and prevalent epidemics world-widely are caused by food. And what's even more amazing is the lack of information about them. People would regularly relate poverty to malnutrition as you have mentioned without having any idea about the actual, more influential causes behind it. However, what do think is causing these diseases to spread that widely and swiftly? I mean education and media are supposedly advancing all over the world and have also become more accessible(which increase public awareness), yet the problem continues to expand.

I have to agree to what you have been saying. it is all about choice. You may choose to enter a healthy restaurant or go eat in an unhealthy one just across the street. Eventually, this will turn back on you. SO choice is a very important factor for obesity or malnutrition. So how can we improve the decision making quest fro people? how can we make them aware of the consequences of their choices before its too late? one of those factors is media, however it is available and yet most people tend to choose wrong. so what will be the next step?

i totally agree with you on your topic specailly that i think we share almost the same problem here in Egypt specifically when you said " It is a common misconception that obesity and malnutrition are direct results of poverty or economic standing." here in Egypt we also have this misconception which i believe is mostly true. however i think that there should be more awareness about the healthy food restuarantes like more advertisments for them like for fast foods ones and that might be one of the reasons why most poeple choose fast food ones over the others. yet this problem will contiue endlessly..

I'd have to disagree to some extent with certain parts of your post. I think it is hard to generalize that it is a misconception that obesity and malnutrition are direct results of poverty and economic standing. For example, here in Egypt, poverty to a great degree is connected directly with malnutrition in certain cities. However, I do agree that access and choice play an equal part in this issue. In addition, I would argue that globalization plays a pivotal role in influencing our choice of food. The question that I was left with after reading this post is that how are choice, poverty, access and economic standards different when evaluating the effect they have on obesity and malnutrition Developing countries and Developed ones?

Your post touches on very pertinent issues. I agree that food needs to be reallocated and nutritional ought to be spread.

I got the impression, however, that your solution was a magical transition to a world in which everyone shares. Many factors hinder equal allocation and education from being achieved. How would you reconcile political differences, both domestically and internationally, in reaching your goal? Furthermore, how could we implement the system so nations would not become dependent on another for resources?

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I agree that choice and discipline are the ultimate factors in controlling individual health, especially in situations where access and availability are not limiting issues. Choice and discipline however, are based on the level of knowledge and ignorance the individual possesses on the topic. Are the sources an individual looks to when they are making decisions about what to eat at each meal up to him/her to seek out? And how does the individual know what sources are credible? Are these sources available to all consumers, even those without internet or other access to current advertising and research? Should the responsibility to provide these sources to the public fall on the government? The United States began labeling tobacco products with health warnings in the mid 1900s, outlawing televised cigarette advertisements at this time as well. Could it not be argued that as obesity continues to grow as a global epidemic, threatening the lives of hundreds of millions of adults and children worldwide, consumers should be properly warned of health consequences of consuming too much of certain high fat, high carbohydrate goods? Should, for example, the advertising privileges of a distributor like McDonald’s, where the ill effects of consuming mass amounts of McDonald’s meals have been proven and recorded, be limited or restricted? Should snacks with little to no redeeming factors such as Hostess Twinkies and Cupcakes be required to wear a label cautioning consumers of the health costs of eating them too often or too much?

Nice and interesting post. Solving the global food crisis is quite a difficult solution. However, I believe, that by simplifying the crisis in terms of proximity as well as costs, is the appropriate angle to alleviate the global food crisis.

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Malnutriton is not a matter restricted soley to developing countries but exists in Western countries including the US. This is because commerical food such as McDs and even commercially grown crops severly lack nutrition, commercial fertizlizers typically use only 3 minerals for the siol when in fact the soil requires ovre 50 !

A diet high in trans fats typical in fast food but also commercially processed food will result in weight gain.

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