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If we in America ate less, perhaps the rest of the world would have more.

But wait! Mother always said to clean my plate because kids in China were starving. So, I thought if I cleaned my plate, they would stop starving Is that why I am Fluffy?

WaynesWorld wrote:
This thread discusses the Content article: Childhood obesity threatens long-term health

If we in America ate less, perhaps the rest of the world would have more.

"Please Sir, I want some more", said Oliver Twist and possibly President B. Hussein Obama's national slogan.

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times .. and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said.

"That's not leadership. That's not going to happen," he added.
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B. Hussein Obama, One World First!

Indians Find U.S. at Fault in Food Cost
May 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/business/worldbusiness/14food.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

NEW DELHI - Instead of blaming India and other developing nations for the rise in food prices, Americans should rethink their energy policy - and go on a diet.

For instance, Pradeep S. Mehta, secretary general of the center for international trade, economics and the environment of CUTS International, an independent research institute based here, said that if Americans slimmed down to the weight of middle-class Indians, "many hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa would find food on their plates."

He added, archly, that the money spent in the United States on liposuction to get rid of fat from excess consumption could be funneled to feed famine victims.

mykidsgramma wrote:
But wait! Mother always said to clean my plate because kids in China were starving. So, I thought if I cleaned my plate, they would stop starving Is that why I am Fluffy? "Fluff" occurs by putting too much on our plates to begin.

Ingratitude (throwing good food away while others go hungry) may somehow cause "fluff" too. Surely there's something behing that old wisdom.

WaynesWorld wrote:
This thread discusses the Content article: Childhood obesity threatens long-term health

If we in America ate less, perhaps the rest of the world would have more.
I don't think that the amount of food we eat will affect the amount of food that others around the world will eat. What you are suggesting is the tired old line of liberal thinking. "Let's not lift the rest of the world to our standard but let's lower ours." People, in other parts of the world, are not getting enough to eat because of their governments which are based on absolute power and control. Myanmar is a great example. The world is trying to help but the ego of the junta won't allow it. Social equalization doesn't improve the world, it just makes everyone suffer.