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Reminder that obesity is one of the biggest health issues amongst the poor in the United States... There are tons of issues but no one is starving in the US.
tell the world you're a wilfully ignorant asshole without saying you're a wilfully ignorant asshole..
to add to the link in op, not that you care enough to actually educate yourself, but in case anyone accidentally takes you seriously:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_in_the_United_States
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198075/
Someone didn’t read the entire link they posted lol. There’s a whole section talking about the unusual link to poverty, starvation, and obesity in the US. Both is happening simultaneously.
“Thus, in many poverty-dense regions, people are in hunger and unable to access affordable healthy food, even when funds avail. The double-edged sword of hunger and poor availability of healthy food is, however, unlikely to be the only reason as to why obesity tracks with poverty.”
I've read the article. I've posted it on this instance before. To my original point there are problems but no one is starving. This is an issue more complex than the stupid meme wants to admit.
It literally says people are starving. Like it literally says that.