Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoELI5 How come in America we have a fat/obese epidemic while on the same hand we have kids going starving at the same time? Please 5 year old this for me, it has always bothered me.message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareELI5 How come in America we have a fat/obese epidemic while on the same hand we have kids going starving at the same time? Please 5 year old this for me, it has always bothered me.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoAre all kids obese? 16% of children are below the poverty line. But even someone just above the poverty line might not be able to afford healthy food. 19.7% of children are obese. These numbers are awfully close, don’t you think?
Are all kids obese?
16% of children are below the poverty line. But even someone just above the poverty line might not be able to afford healthy food.
19.7% of children are obese.
These numbers are awfully close, don’t you think?