shouldn't we ration food in the usa now? because

should there be more tax on sugar and junk foods

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shouldn't we ration food in the usa now? because

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the good news is that

the Healthcare industry is making

billions of dollars from Obesity.

Obesity is one of the biggest drivers of

preventable chronic diseases and

healthcare costs in the United States are

Currently nearly $210 billion per year.

The Healthcare Costs of Obesity: The State of Obesity

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we shouldn't ration food in the usa?

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Very good question, and a very sobering topic. Just looking at these pictures you've posted brings the reality many face every day to our attention. I feel like we are so far removed from this in the USA and Canada that we sometimes forget how blessed we are.

The amount of food wasted in the USA alone is scary, this article suggests up to 50% of produce is thrown away (Why Americans Lead the World in Food Waste). Hopefully something is done to stop this wastefulness. This is definitely a complex issue with many sides. While rationing may not be necessary, I think food waste should be cut down, excess food should be donated instead of thrown away. I recently watched a documentary (the title has slipped my mind), where a couple gets all their food for a month from dumpsters; the sad thing is, they ate quite well because everything was packaged and thrown away for arbitrary reasons. Perhaps if the waste continues something we will get ourselves into a mess that would require something like rationing in the future.
 
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Americans have generally been resistant to the government micromanaging their diets -- see, for example, the resistance to Michelle Obama's push for healthy school lunches and to Philadelphia's tax on sugar-sweetened drinks -- so rationing would be a politically difficult proposal in the U.S.

I agree that we should be walking more and driving less, eating more fruits and vegetables and fewer burgers and fries, but it's not currently clear to me what government actions would help this cultural change. Possibly financial policies that make burgers much more expensive than apples? I don't have a good answer at the moment, given our cultural values of individual independence, along with the prevalence of sedentary jobs in our economy.
 
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What you are seeing is the difference between a slightly enlightened society and one that has been in the dark ages for thousands of years, by their own doing. I wonder why this has transpired....one might ask this question to themselves in a normal scenario, but since you are on a christian forum I thought this answer was just obvious. We trusted God more than they did. To answer your question...no we won't ration our food, because we aren't dumb enough that we need to. But hey, charity is all about giving to others, just don't go assuming that you deserve that charity, because that's just a lie. You get out of life what you make of it. This kind of pretentious attitude makes me sick, and is the forefront of most retarded racist debates.
 
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No, the government should not be in the business of rationing food unless there is a national emergency like during WWII.

Hunger is a problem the church should be addressing, not the government. It is a place that we as a body have failed. There is an amazing book out there called "The hole in our gospel" which shows how we have failed to take care of the poor and needy like we were commanded to do by Jesus.
 
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No. I am not fat and neither is my family. There are hundreds of charities out there who feed the starving and I support several.

Here in the USA, we have choices. I choose to grow a garden and preserve stuff and eat healthy. Countries with bad governments who let people starve to where we have to come in and help should be held accountable.

Food rationing is not an option here.

What would be an option here according to your pics would be thus:

1. Seek medical attention. Could be thyroid or other conditions.

2. If not a medical condition, seek a nutrition therapist.

3. If not the former, get active and put down the fork and enact some self-discipline.

But I will be darned if anyone is going to take from my garden that I work so hard with and ration it out.

Hold other countries' governments accountable and give to charities which help feed them.

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there is more than enough fertile land in Africa to feed the people there 10x over. the problem is the land is owned by non African people and they would much rather see the people die. same thing that happened in Ireland and India. Brazil is a top five agri producer with a top five starvation rate.
 
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No, the government should not be in the business of rationing food unless there is a national emergency like during WWII.

Hunger is a problem the church should be addressing, not the government. It is a place that we as a body have failed. There is an amazing book out there called "The hole in our gospel" which shows how we have failed to take care of the poor and needy like we were commanded to do by Jesus.
i know lots of people on food asst and majority of their food comes from churches while the government cuts assistance or does nothing. its hard understanding what taxes go to these days, war, subsidies for big biz, wall street bailouts.
 
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there is more than enough fertile land in Africa to feed the people there 10x over. the problem is the land is owned by non African people and they would much rather see the people die. same thing that happened in Ireland and India. Brazil is a top five agri producer with a top five starvation rate.

Yes. It is not an issue that the world does not produce enough food, but that greed is causing so much starvation and strange shiftings in food and medical treatment worldwide. We waste so much here, but food definitely shouldn't be rationed - it wouldn't make any difference to those starving in other countries.
 
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Yes. It is not an issue that the world does not produce enough food, but that greed is causing so much starvation and strange shiftings in food and medical treatment worldwide. We waste so much here, but food definitely shouldn't be rationed - it wouldn't make any difference to those starving in other countries.

you think its just greed that causes all the problems? maybe in some cases but IMO many of these giant food companies have more money than they will ever be able to spend in 100s of lifetimes, they are smart and they know that, i think its more, i think its a dark agenda. i read that GMO food is the answer to many of these problems, makes food more abundant, but this modified food is different than the Lord-created food so i dont trust it. i also read that many of the vitamins and nutrients are absent in the modified food. i dont believe in altering the Lords creation, its like mankind saying i can do better and we can not.
 
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you think its just greed that causes all the problems? maybe in some cases but IMO many of these giant food companies have more money than they will ever be able to spend in 100s of lifetimes, they are smart and they know that, i think its more, i think its a dark agenda. i read that GMO food is the answer to many of these problems, makes food more abundant, but this modified food is different than the Lord-created food so i dont trust it. i also read that many of the vitamins and nutrients are absent in the modified food. i dont believe in altering the Lords creation, its like mankind saying i can do better and we can not.

Interesting theory. I think ultimately the bottom line and dollar is what has driven a lot of the modified food, which you're right is not better for us. We'll keep seeing increased cancers and diseases as a result I think, as well as the continued dwindling supply of insects.
 
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I'm not comfortable with the idea of having the government micromanage out daily lives. But I there are policies the government could do or change. What little I understand is unhealthy foods are promoted by public policies. Subsidizing directly/indirectly certain foods and low standards for quality/health. Not sure if that'll ever change when it's the same government that says pizza is a vegetable (I think in schools for students *raises eyebrow*).

Ultimately people must decide themselves to change. Demand higher quality and healthier food to be supplied at affordable prices. But it would require generally higher standards for regulations from the government and people making the choices to live healthy; if there's to be a societal change that's broad enough to make a difference.
 
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Well, OP, your thread is an important one. However, having heard the stories from parents and grandparents of what it was like during the Great Depression, when rationing was in effect, I do not believe that such is the answer. Rather, we should implement a significant federal tax on foods and drinks that are a part of the obesity problem that is increasing at an alarming rate. We can use the funds from said tax to reduce the Federal Deficit and to help pay for Medicare and Medicaid, both of which are not at all on very stable financial ground for the future.
 
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