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giveup on something that you can't go a day without thinking about".
Hi Friends, Today I would like to share an essay about
Socio-Economic Issues. In our world billions of people are chronically hungry
this is one side of the coin on the other side billions of people are facing
over weight problems, Not only the "obese" in western countries,
problem in the entire world.
Poor people in many countries having food insecurity,
they cannot eat food regularly, many schemes and many welfare programs conducted
by all governments but we are hearing some where about "hunger
deaths", Recently we heard about three children died, because lack of food
for a week in Delhi.
On the other hand, Mostly urban people having obesity
because of their food habits, their official work pressures and night shifts
are badly affected on their biological cycle. Eating fast food, junk food, late
night dinners etc...cause over weight, not only these, lack of sleep,
continuously sitting on chair before personal computer, laptop, TV etc..are
also negative impact on thier health. Due to many tensions, they habituate
emotional eating for relief, always eating something and taking tea, coffee
every hour etc..youth and children also adopted western culture, pizza, burger,
cool drinks, chinese food etc...causing over weight problems, with this over
weight many problems would arise eg: heart problems, diabetes, infertility,
hair loss etc..Let us discuss elaborately in our essay friends, prepare well,
thank you.
Essay on Hunger and Obesity:-
Human history is replete with the examples of
distortionary developmental pattern .There has never been the case
of ideally uniform type of societal development. Some sections have
recklessly exploited the “global commons” and some sections have not even
availed the resources for basic needs fulfillment. And the developed gap
of have's and have-not's has now reached all time high.
Though this rich and poor divide is visible in almost all
walks of human lives, the issue of hunger of a big population and at
the same time the issue of overweight owing to over-consumption of another big
population are the most prevalent. While a large population is struggling
everyday for availing two meals square a day, another big number is finding
tough to shed their flabby muscular body. The tussle between these two sections
are in perpetual mode fueling the gap of scarcity-ridden section and abundant
resourced section.
Food is the basic need of human. One can’t live without
it. In fact one can’t do anything without a healthy body. Our entire effort
throughout life goes for accessing better basic needs only. But suppose a
section of society doesn’t succeed in even availing this inevitable need then
what would be social-mental status of this section. Obviously there would be
vigorous internal agitation in them and their frustration would spill over in
the form of social evils, inhumane incidents, crime and all maladies would
follow then.
Today a protracted population all over the world is
passing through this inhumane, wretched and miserably hunger situations. They
are fighting among themselves, committing crime and even getting trapped in
perpetual civil wars. Sub-Saharan African countries, central African countries,
eastern African countries, south Asian countries and sporadic aboriginal
population are having a large population grappling with chronic hunger,
malnutrition and many of its fallouts. Somalia, Eritria, Ethopia, Western
Africa, central African Republic, Mali and Chad etc.. are epitome of hunger
situation. They have intense food shortage, no source of income to purchase
food, hence trapped in complete vicious circle of chronic hunger. Even in case
of south Asia the KBK (Kalahandi Balangir Koraput) region
of Odisa in India, the tribal belt of Afghanistan and Pakistan are
reeling under the unbearable hunger problem.
These are some of indicative spatial locations but the
situation of hunger is quite entrenched in almost all developing and
under-developed countries. It is really inhumane situation to see a five year child looking far older than his age. The life expectancy in these places have
been too low (hovering around 30 year only). People become inhabitant of all
diseases owing to low immunity. The situation of women is even more deplorable.
Maternal mortality rate is too high and infant mortality rate is unimaginably
higher.
In fact these are the poor who bear all the brunt of
natural disaster, and vulnerable to all environmental degradation. They are
victim of slave trade, human trafficking and many societal fallouts. They are
pushed into naxalism, terrorism, sea-piracy and many human-induced crime. For such a miserable situation of this sections various reasons can be
attributed such as negligence on part of the state, colonial subvention of
past, historical marginalization by their society, displacement due to
industrialization, loses of their habitats to predatory minors and conspicuous
consumption of other section creating shortage of food resources.
Despite scarcity there are others section who are living luxuriant,
extravagant and expensive lives. They are gulping and swallowing the global
riches reasoning that if they won’t then someone else will, so why they should
not do themselves (thanks to tragedy of commons). A culture of over consumption
has given a sense of illusion- “man is made for eating only”. Even over-consuming people are also reeling under obesity and unmanageable body
structure which is making their lives miserable. Many diseases have crept in
their bodies still control over unrestrained consumption has not
developed (thanks to culture of tongue-slavery).
The consumerism culture of fast food, junk
food, over-processed high calorie contend foods costing many dollars have
further aggravated the situation of overweight. The USA, European and some of
east Asian countries have adopted such a life style that they have been using
most of the resources of the world creating shortage for rest of the countries.
In fact most of metros of even developing countries are also involved in such
consuming pattern that they are stressed with load of myriad of food in their
guzzling bellies and asking for even more (hail to ironic sequence of
starter-main course-dessert).
Further, the process of bizarre consumption
doesn’t end with just ingestion of costly food loaded with trans-fat and
nutritional contents but the worry of shedding the central obesity, using high
cost machinery and sky-rocketing charges for slim making courses , also
ridicules the starving population. Besides, traumatic non-communicable diseases
such as diabetes, cardiovascular strain, heart attack etc. also trouble them
and eat away their fiscal saving.
The insensitive and complex life style at the cost of
deprived sections share make the already strained human relationship even
grimmer. Their behaviour of unchecked consumption of foods create shortage of food in market and hence distort the market price causing
ballooning inflation. In today’s world where wind of globalization has homogenized the market
practices, where one’s error becomes other’s error, it has become impossible to
be unscathed of one’s mistake and irresponsible behaviour. It is really irony
that in the same world where on one hand one is garnering so much benefit of
global resources that one is tired of using and misusing food and other stuffs
and on other hand one is dying every day just for a two meals square a day.
There is urgent need to arrest such distortion in food
habit in particular and over-consumption of daily usage in general. We have
limited resources on the planet Earth. If everyone follows same over-zealous
food habit then imagine how long we will sustain our lives here? Someone has
very rightly observed that if India and China would adopt same consuming
pattern as the USA has been carrying then perhaps even two more earth will not
suffice their needs. Hence, entire world needs to adopt austerity measure a
controlled life style in sync with available resources. In fact the definition
of Sustainable development would be guiding principle for human kind
vis-a-vis usage of available resources.
The world community need to be more humane because one
can’t prosper in isolation in this globalized world. There is as well a
pressing need to have global leadership to channelize world resources
equitably. The UN must come forward, Food and Agricultural organization
(FAO) must appeal world community to be more sensitive towards
marginalized people. And countries like the USA, countries
of European Union, China, India, Brazil, Japan, etc.. must
take lead for distributive justice not in only their own countries
but in whole world. Only a contend and stomach-filled human can have a peace
of mind and become harbinger of a prosperous and
habitable world.
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