Battle of the Bulge

No, not the December 1944 German Ardennes offensive, which was a desperate attempt to reverse the tide of war in the West. What this blog refers to is the obesity epidemic in the West which the well-to-do West is desperately trying to combat with slimming pills, magic diets and exercise routines. All three are booming multi-million dollar businesses and is greatly responsible for making all its celebrity endorsers far more famous and many times wealthier than they would have been without such endorsements.

The aforementioned battle of the bulge can only be won by the exercise of generosity. If you can call giving what you no longer need and what you have in excess of, generosity.

While eating too much is the problem with affluent countries, in impoverish parts of the world, hunger is the problem and many die because of it. It is so incomprehensible and extremely difficult to stomach that in the affluent side of the world, people are becoming obese by eating more than they should. The excess food should go to other countries where mothers resort to mixing whatever flour they have with powder dirt then adding a little water and then "baking" the batter from these ingredients on stones scorched by the burning heat of the sun. Even dogs in the West eat better than these human beings.

Obesity is bothering the West. Proof of that is the recent report released by Trust for Americans' Health (TFAH) regarding how obesity policies are failing in America. In the same report TFAH stated that programs promoting healthy eating and exercise, although, promising, are not preventing the spread of obesity.

Obesity epidemic is a true cause for concern because widening waistlines give birth to the increase of weight-related diseases such as: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer and pregnancy complications, to name just a few.

The authors of TFAH Report also recommended that the federal government implement a national strategy to tackle obesity, to involve local governments, businesses, communities and schools. Why don't they recommend that, instead of eating more than they should, they will just send the excess food to people in those parts of the world where hunger is prevalent. That way they will be free from excess baggages around their waists and they will be able to help feed the hungry.

Physical activity and eating right are not the solution to the epidemic of obesity hounding the affluent half of the world, but the giving of the extra food to the other half of the human race, who have practically nothing to eat.

Whoever coin these words: "there is enough in the world for man's need but not for man's greed," surely knew what he was talking about.`