Goddess In The City

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

We're not just a fatter nation, we're a fatter world.

According to the BBC more people are obese than starving.

Red said...: When I first saw this item on the BBC website I thought (rather naively) that it might be because we are finally tackling the problem of world hunger.

Silly me. There are still 800 million undernourished people in this world. The big difference is that the rest of us just eat and eat and eat... How insulting, eh?; 2:33 PM
Wandering Coyote said...: Isn't this staggering? It's so hard to get my head around, and just plain sad, sad, sad.; 8:44 PM
Martha Elaine Belden said...: how awful... and embarassing.

the world just keeps getting worse...; 10:51 AM