We all want to look attractive and have healthy bodies.
Models often starve themselves, especially woman, in order to have the
so-called hungry stomach. Well, “A hungry stomach is not beauty.” I believe it
is an insult to those who are actually going through the scourge of starvation
due to various reasons that are beyond their control.
I myself have experienced what hunger vulnerability
means. I only carried a lunch box to school until the third grade. In fourth
grade I began to experience a growling stomach and I did not see it as beauty.
I survived all the ups-and-downs that came with it, from picking up
bread-crumbs on the ground to ignoring the fact I may be a victim of
starvation.
I understood that my grandmother did not have the means
to provide sufficiently since she served as the bread-winner and the woman of
chores.
The following may be the reasons of most hungry stomachs:
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Poverty
·
High food prices
·
“Beauty”
Poverty…
Research has shown that the hungriest people are the ones from developing countries in rural areas who depend on agriculture to survive. These people, though, still have the means to survive.
However, the hungriest people are those who live on the
streets, who wake up every day begging for food. To them it’s not a thing of
beauty; it’s a way of survival to becoming a protagonist of one’s own story of
hunger and survival.
High
Food Prices
One of the enormous antagonists in the story of the hungriest people is high food prices. High food prices have robbed the rich and the poor from healthy nutrition. If the phrase of, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is valid then too much of the same type of foods is a problem.
Variety is important but price hikes on food can lead to
malnutrition and long term health effects.
“Beauty”
Men call it a six-pack and women call it hungry stomach. For a perfect movie production or photo shoot, models have to starve to look thin, likewise, men have done it too.
Reality now is the opposite; some don’t see hunger as
beauty but a means of survival. A growling stomach is no beauty.
In conclusion, what do you think is the answer to
starvation? How do we reconcile intentional starvation for beauty's sake and
starvation due to lack of resources?
What can we do in this generation to alleviate the
world's hunger issue?
I'd like your input.
Please comment below.
