Great Challenges by Shreyas Patel

Ruth Jean-Jumeau

2015-03-16 13:12:18 UTC

Starvation is more of a global health concern because it is something that a lot of people can't prevent for themselves without the help of others. Obesity is something that an individual could prevent themselves with dedication and determination. A project that could help with starvation is hosting a walk in many different cities to raise money just like we do for Breast Cancer Awareness. For obesity we could start out in the schools teaching all the students what obesity can lead to and showing them how to prevent obesity in themselves and their families and or having conventions/ seminars with the families after school hours and this could potentially decrease the rate of obesity around the world.

Zynaya Lewis

2015-03-16 13:15:28 UTC

Starvation Is one of the leading causes of death today. Children worldwide are suffering from starvation. It's something that can be prevented, but most people don't think about it. A project that can help with starvation is people can donate to these foundations. We can do fundraisers to raise the money. Also obesity can be presented simply by eating right and exercising. Something that we can do to prevent obesity is at school. Kids should take P.E, weightrainingg more serious. I feel that they just need that extra push and motivation to having a better diet and lifestyle.

Danyell Martin

2015-03-16 13:17:41 UTC

Starvation Is one of the leading causes of death, not just in the united states but around the world. I think if we can get more people involved locally and famous people then we can end world hunger and help feed the children who cant feed themselves. One thing we can do is just simply donate to many foundations around town or even start a foundation of our own.

Jewel Pittman

2015-03-16 13:18:05 UTC

Starvation effects more than 1 billion people every day. In mainly rural areas around the world , adults and their children suffer from starvation every day. They get overlooked though because with all the food that is around, you wouldn't think that somebody would have an issue with it. It can be prevented but it takes a lot of work to feed thousands of people and some people don't think they have the time to do all of that. A project that could help with starvation would be partnering up with a food company or companies and taking a portion of all the sales they make and give some of the money back to the areas that need food. Also to prevent obesity, you can get kids more serious about their health and how in shape they are because it kills a lot of people annually and it is something that doesn't have to happen if you push your yourself to stay healthy.

Jamonate Bass

2015-03-16 13:22:09 UTC

Its sad that billions of kids have to die from starvation. It is a concern world wide that cannot be prevented without some help from other countries. It will take a world wide effort to feed them but no kid should go without eating. When there are plenty of people that are overweight and have more than enough food to share with someone else. We can either collect money or send food boxes to these kids and families that might be lucky to get one meal a day.

Carl Vargas

2015-03-16 13:23:16 UTC

69% of adults in the U.S are obese or overweight so I think it would be better to do a project regarding obesity. If something isn't taught to this generations kids then they will have a shorter life expectancy

Alexys Braddy

2015-03-16 13:33:45 UTC

Starvation has created a bigger issue than obesity. It was
estimated that about 805 million people suffered from being undernourished from
in 2012-2014. About 791 million of these people live in developing countries.
Poverty is one of the main causes of starvation, which results from people’s
lack of resources. People who suffer
from starvation don’t always have the choice to prevent themselves from
suffering. However, people who suffer from obesity chose to gain more weight
and not exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Gardner Lee

2015-03-16 13:46:24 UTC

Starvation and obesity are both serious issue worldwide. However the main difference is that they are almost opposite problems; Obesity is overeating to the point of being overweight while starvation is the lack of food and nutrients to be able to survive. People who suffer from starvation don't have access to food while people who suffer from obesity have plenty of food. In my opinion starvation is a bigger global problem because people who are starving don't have the choice to starve while people with obesity have the choice to change. They are still both serious problems and many people suffer worldwide.

Molly Shea - 6B

2015-03-16 13:52:48 UTC

Despite the fact many of us do not suffer from starvation day to day, there are dozens if not several dozen countries that do. Up to one billion people suffer from starvation world wide. Without food, it is difficult for children and adults alike to develop the body structures and metal functions we need to survive. Hunger effects the immune system and can weaken the body leaving the starving to be more prone to disease. Hunger is not a matter of not enough food being produced, it is a matter of unequal distribution of food. Because of this unequal distribution we see the divide between the first world and third world. It's amazing to me that obesity is an actual problem. As ashamed as I feel about obesity in America, I know that we need to help these people as well– even if in my opinion it is the less serious of the two. In order to prevent starvation people can donate food to local shelters or donate to charities that provide food overseas to people in need. I think it is important for people to understand how starvation effects people and so, I think it is important to hold local community events or fundraisers to raise awareness of the problem.

Linette Lopez 6B

2015-03-16 14:22:19 UTC

Starvation is a bigger issue than obesity. Many people are starving in developing countries and can't do anything to prevent that from happening. In those countries, many children and adults wake up and don't have anything to eat throughout the day. Starvation in developing countries can be prevented by the help from other countries. A project that could help with starvation could be donating money or food to fundraisers who are willing to stop starvation in developing countries. Obesity is also a major problem and it can be prevented by eating the right foods and exercising, it just takes up a lot of determination and motivation.

Autumn shelton 6B

2015-03-16 14:22:33 UTC

I personally think that starvation and obesity are both issues in our world today. But starvation to me is worse. I feel like more people should get involved in feeding the hungry. it's sad to know that it's many small kids in other counties who are dying from starvation. It needs to be more programs out here and more people willing to help, But I feel like a lot of people never want to make a change unless it happens to THEM or someone who they know.

Kanijae Pankey-6b

2015-03-16 14:23:13 UTC

In todays world, starvation is a bigger cause than obestity. There are many people around this world that can not afford to feed themselves and their families. Because of the economy that we Americans are in there are many families that are going through starvation. What we can do to help with this is to have food drives. Also we can have multiple fundraisers that can help go towards grocery money so we can surprise them with food. Other than starvation in our country there is starvation going on in the surrounding countries around us. As a whole what we can do is help each other if you have extra of something and someone around doesn't then you could be a nice person and help out by giving them your extra. There are multiple things we can do to help each other in this world all have to do is to be willing to help.

Victoria Corder 6B

victoriacorder — 2015-03-16 14:24:19 UTC

It's sad to see a child waste food while another is starving. A way to decrease the amount of countries suffering from hunger is that almost every country that has the resource and technology needs to contribute. So basically the super the powers of the world need to help. Slowly hunger can decrease. I don't know if it will fully be gone but having it decrease is a good start.

I guess a problem with including the Superpower Countries would be that some might be reluctant to actrually help with it, or one might want something from the country they are helping.

Hannah MacLachlan 6

2015-03-16 14:40:01 UTC

In order to solve the issues regarding public health, we first need to

understand what we are doing wrong. For example, food deserts, they are

created when fast food franchises take over an area because the

population that inhabits these areas is less able to buy healthy foods because they are

more expensive than fast foods. Two options I propose are either raising the cost of unhealthy

foods so that people are more eager to buy the healthy foods; the other option is to lower the cost

of the healthy foods and making them more accessible to the populations of those living in food

deserts.

Alyssa Sellers 6B

2015-03-16 14:44:04 UTC

Starvation & Obesity are very big concerns worldwide, however; starvation is a major issue. It's crazy how we're trying to get people to stop eating so much and eat healthier, while a billion people have NOTHING to eat. We all need to come together and do something to stop this hunger. It's not going to happy fast, but baby steps are better than no steps at all. Countries should help one another, the most developed countries such as the US, Canada, UK should help lesser developed countries and maybe vice versa. Lesser developed countries eat very healthy compared to most developed countries, so maybe we can learn a few things from them. The goal is not only to decrease and eventually end worldwide starvation, but also end obesity at the same time.

Stephanie Wade

2015-03-16 14:46:07 UTC

Starvation is a huge issue worldwide. A lot of people

around the world don't have the resources to provide for

themselves but yet Americans try to eat as little as

possible. Improvements to help starvation can consist

of having food drives through churches, schools, and

organization. We can Also support legit organizations

that provide food to people around the world.

Samayah Sargent

2015-03-16 14:53:43 UTC

With starvation being one of the the leading cause of death today, a lot of people look over it and never acknowledge it. If its not involving them, they think they shouldn't worry about it. People take advantage of being able to eat what ever they want at any time everyday. To help prevent it there should be more charities and more celebrities and public figures should support and donate. There should also be more advertising, so people can be interested enough to donate and make a change.

Jada Goggins

2015-03-16 14:59:56 UTC

Starvation is a bigger problem than obesity to me, but they both end up in negative consequences in the end. Projects we could probably start to help problems regarding starvation is make more soup kitchens for the homeless & starving. Raise money, do fundraisers as well. Concerning obesity, I think its their responsibly to change themselves. But if they can't do it themselves, we can help buy lowering the calories on a loth of things. Making more things whole grain, an etc.

Emmanuel Williams(6B)

2015-03-16 15:02:29 UTC

I never knew starvation was the leading cause of death and it's really sad how much collective money the world has and this is still happening. To solve the starvation problem, we need

josh tellmer

2015-03-16 15:07:57 UTC

starvation is a leading cause of death in the world.`

Christian Bond

2015-03-17 12:19:54 UTC

Starvations is a bigger issue than obesity. We just don't hear a lot (other than the kids in Africa) about the issue because Americans overall are well fed. Over 22,000 children starve everyday in the world. Projects that could be started up for not only children in Africa, but children in Indonesia and Afghanistan for example. Fundraisers could be started to help these countries and others. Obesity is an issue too, but that can be solved by exercising and the school system feeding children low fat foods and this is already taking action thanks to our first lady Michelle Obama.

Jhonna King

2015-03-17 12:28:32 UTC

Although people commonly believe that obesity is a cause of starvation it is not. It could be a factor but it is not the leading cause of it. In the US, the leading cause is not scarcity of food but poverty usually. We should do more to help raise money for people impoverished. As more money is raised for these people hunger will die down. Not enough people care enough to donate. More projects to raise money and help stop hunger. Also more information on how much hunger affects people and how many people it affects world wide.

Tyson Orr

2015-03-17 12:35:06 UTC

Starvation is one of the leading causes of death, not just in the United States but from all over the world. Starvation has created more issues than obesity. In my perspective to raise awareness of starvation we could have food drive and donation centers set up around certain cites to help donate food to Feed the Children and Second Harvest Food bank. To help with obesity the government could help fund races around major cites ever other week to help raise money for obesity awareness

Tyrin Orr

2015-03-17 12:42:17 UTC

All together starvation is outweighing obesity, starvation is causing Millions of deaths a year and people commonly think that it is because of our obese people. People who starve don't have the resources to receive the food a nutrients that they need to be able to survive. The obese individuals normally have exposure to a lot more food and they are able to eat when they want. When it comes down to it I believe that starvation is the worst case because a lot more people die. Starvation is sad and is like torcher for your body.

MacKenzy Miner 1A

2015-03-17 12:46:37 UTC

Starvation is more of a problem and the effects are terrible. Everyone could help by donating money to foundations/charities and by volunteering. Obesity can be helped by people eating healthy, exercising, and teaching this healthy lifestyle to children.

Braxton McCord

2015-03-17 12:46:42 UTC

Although obesity is a major problem in the United States, I believe that starvation is the worse issue. In the video, it was estimated that 805 million people suffered from undernourishment in 2012-2014 with many of them living in undeveloped or developing countries. The lack of money that these countries have is the reason for there abundant amount of starvation, and these people have no choice but to starve. I believe that obesity is a major issue inside of the U.S. because of how privileged the country is. Because of all the quick food stops that people are available to causes many Americans to go overboard and gain more weight instead of living a healthy life.

Paola Islas

2015-03-17 12:49:31 UTC

I think that obesity is not much of a big deal, because they should cut down the fast food restaurants and exercise, easy thing to fix. However, for starvation is a huge deal there are lots of charity to help the starving people , but yet they are still starving, and nothing has change.

Zack Elqadi

2015-03-17 12:51:57 UTC

starvation>obesity

Gabriele Brown

2015-03-17 12:53:55 UTC

Starvation is a huge concern in the u.s and so is obesity .They both can cause MAJOR health problems and/or disabilities. Starvation is the leading cause of death but not just in the united states but nation world wide. starvation is a bigger issue then being obesity because the video explained that billions and billions of kids have to die just because they are hungry, but not only kids , adults too. starvation effects billions.

Francisco Alvarez

2015-03-17 13:00:23 UTC

I feel that starvation is a greater problem then obesity because starvation is killing way more people then obesity even though is a problem on the raise I feel that starvation takes precedence because of how constant and how many people die from it

Katelin MacVey

2015-03-17 13:08:19 UTC

Starvation is definitely worse, even though there are less hungry people in the world than there are obese. Overall, there are more health problems related to starvation than obesity, things such as: mental deterioration, mental health problems, and physical problems that could potentially be long-term.

James Laster

2015-03-17 13:08:19 UTC

Hunger is a natural trouble for many that can be easily fixed if the presence of food was apparent, but it one of the world most troubling due to a multitude of issues both physical and political. In theory shouldn't losing weight seem far more easier than actually being malnourished . Starvation seems not to only to be much more damaging to the body over time but also more universal instead of centering on America itself. Although, weight can caused many health issues I just don't believe it's just at the level of importance as hunger is when compared . Further investigation reveals that inequality between both economics and annual wealth of the citizen can also effect both health concerns and this asks the question of what exactly do we as individuals of a larger government fix . Do we fix the economy of the nation or just the food around the situation so we can fully deal with the issue at hand ? These questions and more are asked mainly because is there truly way to fix this problem without causing conflict or do we just keep trying till we actually succeed in what we need . I only believe that What ever can be done should be done .

Shelbi Shanice 6B

2015-03-18 14:35:54 UTC

Six years prior to a financial and economic crisis, the United States still struggles with starvation and obesity. In comparison, I feel as though that starvation is the bigger problem, just because as a result many people die from a problem that can be solved easily. According to the World Food Program, the world produces enough to feed the entire global population of 7 billion people, which should be enough. However, many still suffer from starvation on a daily basis.

In regards to the question above, just letting over people be aware of major public issues can be helpful. Being aware is important because it can have a great affect on one.

Camille Overton

2015-03-18 14:38:17 UTC

In my opinion, starvation is worse than obesity. Although certain cases of obesity can be deadly, the pains and struggles that come with starvation are worse and more common. Starvation is an issue worldwide that people of lower class often deal with. I feel like it takes more effort to be obese than starving. . .

Joshua Tellmer 6B

2015-03-18 14:38:58 UTC

Starvation kills more people daily, than obesity ever will. starvation is one of the leading causes of death in the world. if the government would put more money in the solution to starvation, this would greatly benefit the problem of starvation. some more things that would help the problem of starvation is food drives, fundraisers. peoples support and donations to and for legit charities that plan to help this cause.

Emmanuel Williams -- 6B

2015-03-18 15:00:00 UTC

Yes, obesity is a very important problem but if I have to choose between the two, I would choose starvation. In my opinion, obesity can be avoided for the most part but if you have nothing to eat at all, that's a problem. Starvation is still one of the leading causes of death after all these years and after all the "milestones" scientists have made with food production and increasing the amount of food that can be made. In my book, that's crazy. Obesity probably wouldn't be a problem if starvation wasn't. If everybody got a sufficient amount of food to eat, it wouldn't be that easy to eat in excess.

Nathan Berry -- 6B

2015-03-18 15:06:55 UTC

Obesity and starvation are both pressing matters that exist in the U.S today. In my opinion though, starvation is much more important. Obesity is more of a mental problem than anything. I feel like if obese people put their mind to it , even if they have a eating disorder, they will be able to do what's best for themselves. People in that mental state to always eat what's not good for them and not exercise just need support from friends and family so they can become better. Starvation is totally a different situation. That's when people aren't eating enough. People become malnourished and can possibly die from that. Food is not always available or people can't afford to feed themselves. As a community or a people we need to donate, hold fund raisers, and hold food drives to help these unfortunate people. In closing, I think obesity is more of mental problem that can be fixed and starvation is more like situation.

Jade Browning -6b

2015-03-18 18:05:06 UTC

I think starvation is more of an issue than obesity because someone is more likely to lose there life from starvation than obesity. Also in countries like Africa, India and etc hunger is more common. To be honest I only see obesity in north america. Obesity is self inflicted. You choose to eat a lot of food and not work out. Or it might be in your genes that you gain weight but you can choose to eat right and workout. There are countless program that help with weight lose but little help for starvation.

Terrika Henderson 6B

2015-03-20 14:54:36 UTC

I think obesity is very important because there is a lot of big people in this world. Healthy food is hard to buy because it's so expensive so people just go to fast food restaurants. Some people think getting a membership is too expensive even though you can workout at home. A lot of people in this world is just lazy.

Kiara Atkins-Ukeje 6B

2015-03-20 15:05:04 UTC

Starvation is more a killer than obesity in my opinion. We all know obesity can be fatal in certain conditions, but starvation is more of a slower and painful death. You can start exercising if you are overweight, but the thing with starvation is that these people have a lack of food and have no resources to get it from.

Kionne Brown- 6b

2015-03-20 15:05:49 UTC

I think starvation is more important than obesity. I think starvation is more important than obesity because you can die faster than being obsessed. Starvation is horrible because I don't think starving yourself is good at all. I also think obesity is important as well because you can die from too.

Marcus Hollo 2A

2017-05-02 15:02:58 UTC

Starvation is more of a global concern than obesity. Starvation effects people who are not financially stable, or in an area where food is scarce. Obesity occurs in more crowded areas, where fast food is everywhere, and starvation occurs in underpopulated areas typically. Starvation is a situational problem, while obesity, in most cases, is changable. Most people who are dealing with obesity, have the choice to change. Most of the people who are dealing with starvation, don't have the opportunity to change. These could be fixed if the food was disributed more evenly (more to the starving, and less to the obese).

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Max Yudkin 2A

2017-05-08 12:38:50 UTC

In my opinion, starvation is a much more damaging problem than obesity. If a whole town was obese, than you could just say that they are eating well and they pockets is too. However, if a whole town is starving, then they are probably in an economic crisis. Obesity is unhealthy, but it usually goes hand in hand with eating a lot. So it can't be all that bad, and it is also avoidable and reversible with a healthy diet and exercise. However, starvation goes hand in hand with lack of money and resources. Starving also weakens the body much more than obesity.
I am not too sure on how to solve the problem though. It seems that the world would need to come together and combine money and resources, which I am not sure will happen anytime soon. it might be inevidable.