Supersize Me documentary by Morgan Spurlock America has the Fattest people in the entire world! Sad to think about really. A lot of people are blaming the fast food chains and restaurants so a man named Morgan Spurlock decides to go out on a 30 day bing of nothing but McDonalds food. He chooses McDonalds because they are the biggest fast food chain. This is some of the information that I took from this excellent documentary.
Since 1971 education cost has increased from $4,300 to more than $9,000 per student. As seen in Bianca's case, her mother cannot afford to pay for her tuition and Daisy's father is unemployed. These kids are forced into "bad education." Some students do not have any aspirations. They live in a neighborhood full of crime therefore their main focus is survival instead of learning.
Wal-Mart’s main defense is all the jobs it creates for American citizens. While Wal-Mart does create many jobs it destroys more than it creates. According to the book, How corporation’s hurt us all, By crushing local businesses, this giant eliminates three decent jobs for every two low-paid Wal-Mart jobs it creates (Dan Butts 167). So basically every time a Wal-Mart comes to a small town, a lot of the employees have to join the superstore and work for less or lose their job all together. Another reason people like to defend Wal-Mart is because they have better prices than most everyone else which is easier on peoples wallets.
The student to teacher ratio for primary schools in Bolivia is 22 to one among the 14, 504 primary schools, however about one in seven children do not complete it. In 2004, according to The Statesman’s Yearbook the Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World, (Turner, pg. 216) the rate of attendance for primary education was 79.5% in 2004. Children in rural places have it much harder than those in urban areas. Many schools don’t have bilingual education, which causes many students to drop out.
The finding was that on average energy dense food cost $1.76 per 1000 calories, while low energy nutritious food cost $18.16 per 1,000 calories. (“Dope, A High Price for Healthy Food”) This basically shows that unhealthy food are a better bargain for people who are tight on money. The bad thing about it is that the prices for healthy food are continuing to rise while “junk food” is relatively the same or a tad bit lower. America's low income families are therefore In a cycle where since they can't afford healthy food they eat bad, which in turns leads to bad health which leads then leads to high insurance and medical bills which ultimately causes them to get poorer or remain at the bottom of the pyramid. Why is healthy food so much more expensive than regular food?
Poorly Obese Wanavia T. Wilson University of Phoenix Instructor: Lisa Hunt Poorly Obese Obesity has become all too common, even though most people know being obese is a very serious health concern that can lead to diseases like cardio vascular disease, strokes, and type 2 diabetes. The problem is many people cannot afford to eat healthy, and they do not exercise. In the article “Poverty and Obesity in the U.S.”, by James A. Levin; he speaks about obesity being higher amongst impoverished communities. I would have to agree with his point of view, because I have seen it, first hand, being raised in one of these communities. People buy what is affordable over what is healthy, because they live on a strict budget.
American poverty however, should not be portrayed this way, as hardly one percent of those 37 million classified as poor claim they live without enough food to be properly nourished (Rector 9). The poor of America do have a hard time getting by, but by the rest of the world's standard, America's poor population is living the luxury life. "When disaster strikes in the poor world [referring to the world's third world nations] - as it so regularly does- People do not loot and steal. They do not fire guns at rescue helicopters. They do not rob the hospitals of their drugs.
In America, the stereotype that obese people are inconsiderate, lazy, overeaters is largely accepted. What many people fail to realize is that many of these obese people cannot lose weight because of the environment they are in. David Zinczenko, author of the article, “Don’t Blame the Eater,” emphasizes the problem of obesity and how it affects society. Zinczenko suggests that the obesity epidemic is affecting all of America. He states that before 1994, only five percent of all childhood diabetes cases were obesity related, or Type 2 diabetes.
There is no way to escape the never ending advertisements from fast food restaurants. This is where obesity begins; consuming more food portions than your body needs. Americans are also overweight due to the lack of exercise; there is more time spent on the couch sitting in front of the television, than there is in the gym. Just an hour each day could better your health. Obesity ranks itself as second leading cause of preventable deaths in America, following smoking by only one percent.
The North of China houses 40% of the population. This is just under half, and shockingly it only supplies 8% of the water supply in China, this causes serious droughts in Beijing. There are many reasons why. Firstly, is purely due to the lack of rainfall in the north of China. On average, the North only gets about 300 mm a year.