James Hoffman
Sabatino Mangini
English composition 100
6/29/14
Movement to a healthy life style.
The American government is right now helping Americans get fat and starve. Though right now the American Government could change this if taken more of an interest and willing to change. For while they decide to help out different countries from starving. They are ignoring those at home causing trouble and problems for the common folk. This can be seen in how charities are being more used than government programs. Yet they can change this process to help people stop from starving and stop the obesity epidemic.Right now fruit and vegetables is at an all time high price. This is relating to the supply and demand equation. Since there is not enough supply there cause problem with demand. Because right now Americans are calling for more fruits and vegetables but cannot afford it.The government must change on how the government’s spending on programs to feed the hungry
There needs to be more money for programs like food stamps and student lunch program. For the food that is being provide now or can be afford are foods that are not filled with the nutritional needs of humans (A Place at the Table. Dir. Kristi Jacobson and Dir. Lori Silverbush. Participant Media.). Usually it is food that is high in artificial chemicals that help with obesity. If there were changes in budget schools and families may be able to afford things like fresh fruit and vegetables (A Place at the Table. Dir. Kristi Jacobson and Dir. Lori Silverbush. Participant Media.) . For there is already a call for change in the system but government is not helping out the situation. With many famous people trying to support the cause. They make note on countless times trying to fix the problem of not enough cheap healthy food in the movie A Place at the Table.
The government is helping out many farms to produce products. Some of the money is spent on food that is useful for other products. Mostly it is being spent on things to produce clothes or unhealthy food (A Place at the Table. Dir. Kristi Jacobson and Dir. Lori Silverbush. Participant Media.). Yet fruit and vegetables are hard to produce instead of these other products. Thus it is safer to produce these items instead of what is harder. This money is being spent mostly on food that goes to business that are not useful to the keep people healthy. There needs to be an update to where farm subsidies get the extra money from the government.
The government is right now is helping out big farm produce cheap unhealthy food then fruit that would give the right nutrition. yet if money for subsidies changes to things towards fruit and vegetables the big farms would then want to move to the healthier food so that they can get that money. Thus when the increase of fruit and vegetable supplies increase making it more accessible. Along with the rule of supply and demand the price of these fruits and vegetables would go down. Thus many other groups can obtain the right nutrition that many Americans are losing nowadays. This would also decrease the supply of junk food thus raising the prices of these products. Which then will help stop the waste of money on unhealthy food. Then hypothetically help lower obesity and raise a higher healthy lifestyle then what is being obtain nowadays.
If the reader does not believe that there is a problem then lets look into the movie A Place at the Table where there are many families facing these problems. Some of these families who cannot afford the right food are having trouble and it is affecting the lives of their children. If we look at Rosie a young fifth grader of a poor family who sometimes goes hungry have problems at school(A place at the table). This condition has been related to on how she can not obtain the right food or be able to eat food at times. When right now it is important for her to obtain the right nutrition if she wants to live a healthy life. Yet this is not the only case of this happening because of food conditions.There is Barbie who right now lives in Philadelphia who has a job while being a single parent(A Place at the Table). Because she cannot afford the proper food for her children they are having problems with their mental growth along with physical growth. This happens when food that should be healthy for humans is at prices that common folk cannot afford at an everyday paycheck.This may not seem feasible to some but at the moment over 50 million people are going hungry or not getting the right food. Yet there are some programs that try to solve an issue that has plagued Americans since its founding(A place at the Table).
The problem with the current system for food assistance is that it is out of date. It was supposed to work only for a short period of time and did not change when the prices of food inflated. Then those who have just gotten off of these programs because of having only a minor increase paycheck. Yet depending on the situation they still need food to feed their families. Which in the case of Barbie a person interviewed in a Place At the Table she cannot really feed herself and her children the right amount. If the program updated so that after the right amount money is considered right to sustain oneself(A place at the Table). That after a certain amount of time do they get completely cut off from the program. This can happen if the transfer of funds from areas that are not needed anymore or make it so that the process is more stream line. This can happen by firing unnecessary positions or reform the programs so that while it is hard to get in it is still be able to get access through. There can also be with these changes random checks to see if the person is using the program for the use required instead of misusing it for only self benefit. Is it hard to believe that even if people live in a great country will they still be harmed.
The problem that some of these ideas that many may think will be the problem would be acceptance, and money. From just the look of what the result of A Place at the Table showing that they will agree(A Place at the Table). Yet politicians would probably say that there cannot any change since when a change of some magnitude is usually denied. Yet if the collaboration of many groups this could change. There are some programs where money can be transferred from certain areas of the government. One such program that needs less money is military for while protection is needed the military said there has been so wasteful spending. If this goes on then undeniably will be a change.
There needs to be a change. For many are right now are being harmed by the in action of the government. Unless the people are committed and do not falter then there will be a change. This has been seen over the last century with groups wanting to make a change. Make a stand and become part of the change that can help out over 50 million people. The end for an unhealthy life should begin now with the American citizens leading this revolution.
Work Cited
http://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips=19000
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736049/
Sabatino Mangini
English composition 100
6/29/14
Movement to a healthy life style.
The American government is right now helping Americans get fat and starve. Though right now the American Government could change this if taken more of an interest and willing to change. For while they decide to help out different countries from starving. They are ignoring those at home causing trouble and problems for the common folk. This can be seen in how charities are being more used than government programs. Yet they can change this process to help people stop from starving and stop the obesity epidemic.Right now fruit and vegetables is at an all time high price. This is relating to the supply and demand equation. Since there is not enough supply there cause problem with demand. Because right now Americans are calling for more fruits and vegetables but cannot afford it.The government must change on how the government’s spending on programs to feed the hungry
There needs to be more money for programs like food stamps and student lunch program. For the food that is being provide now or can be afford are foods that are not filled with the nutritional needs of humans (A Place at the Table. Dir. Kristi Jacobson and Dir. Lori Silverbush. Participant Media.). Usually it is food that is high in artificial chemicals that help with obesity. If there were changes in budget schools and families may be able to afford things like fresh fruit and vegetables (A Place at the Table. Dir. Kristi Jacobson and Dir. Lori Silverbush. Participant Media.) . For there is already a call for change in the system but government is not helping out the situation. With many famous people trying to support the cause. They make note on countless times trying to fix the problem of not enough cheap healthy food in the movie A Place at the Table.
The government is helping out many farms to produce products. Some of the money is spent on food that is useful for other products. Mostly it is being spent on things to produce clothes or unhealthy food (A Place at the Table. Dir. Kristi Jacobson and Dir. Lori Silverbush. Participant Media.). Yet fruit and vegetables are hard to produce instead of these other products. Thus it is safer to produce these items instead of what is harder. This money is being spent mostly on food that goes to business that are not useful to the keep people healthy. There needs to be an update to where farm subsidies get the extra money from the government.
The government is right now is helping out big farm produce cheap unhealthy food then fruit that would give the right nutrition. yet if money for subsidies changes to things towards fruit and vegetables the big farms would then want to move to the healthier food so that they can get that money. Thus when the increase of fruit and vegetable supplies increase making it more accessible. Along with the rule of supply and demand the price of these fruits and vegetables would go down. Thus many other groups can obtain the right nutrition that many Americans are losing nowadays. This would also decrease the supply of junk food thus raising the prices of these products. Which then will help stop the waste of money on unhealthy food. Then hypothetically help lower obesity and raise a higher healthy lifestyle then what is being obtain nowadays.
If the reader does not believe that there is a problem then lets look into the movie A Place at the Table where there are many families facing these problems. Some of these families who cannot afford the right food are having trouble and it is affecting the lives of their children. If we look at Rosie a young fifth grader of a poor family who sometimes goes hungry have problems at school(A place at the table). This condition has been related to on how she can not obtain the right food or be able to eat food at times. When right now it is important for her to obtain the right nutrition if she wants to live a healthy life. Yet this is not the only case of this happening because of food conditions.There is Barbie who right now lives in Philadelphia who has a job while being a single parent(A Place at the Table). Because she cannot afford the proper food for her children they are having problems with their mental growth along with physical growth. This happens when food that should be healthy for humans is at prices that common folk cannot afford at an everyday paycheck.This may not seem feasible to some but at the moment over 50 million people are going hungry or not getting the right food. Yet there are some programs that try to solve an issue that has plagued Americans since its founding(A place at the Table).
The problem with the current system for food assistance is that it is out of date. It was supposed to work only for a short period of time and did not change when the prices of food inflated. Then those who have just gotten off of these programs because of having only a minor increase paycheck. Yet depending on the situation they still need food to feed their families. Which in the case of Barbie a person interviewed in a Place At the Table she cannot really feed herself and her children the right amount. If the program updated so that after the right amount money is considered right to sustain oneself(A place at the Table). That after a certain amount of time do they get completely cut off from the program. This can happen if the transfer of funds from areas that are not needed anymore or make it so that the process is more stream line. This can happen by firing unnecessary positions or reform the programs so that while it is hard to get in it is still be able to get access through. There can also be with these changes random checks to see if the person is using the program for the use required instead of misusing it for only self benefit. Is it hard to believe that even if people live in a great country will they still be harmed.
The problem that some of these ideas that many may think will be the problem would be acceptance, and money. From just the look of what the result of A Place at the Table showing that they will agree(A Place at the Table). Yet politicians would probably say that there cannot any change since when a change of some magnitude is usually denied. Yet if the collaboration of many groups this could change. There are some programs where money can be transferred from certain areas of the government. One such program that needs less money is military for while protection is needed the military said there has been so wasteful spending. If this goes on then undeniably will be a change.
There needs to be a change. For many are right now are being harmed by the in action of the government. Unless the people are committed and do not falter then there will be a change. This has been seen over the last century with groups wanting to make a change. Make a stand and become part of the change that can help out over 50 million people. The end for an unhealthy life should begin now with the American citizens leading this revolution.
Work Cited
http://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips=19000
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736049/