World Hunger Persuasive Speech

World Hunger, did you know that every 3.6 seconds someone dies from being malnourished. That’s roughly 24,000 people that die in a day. For example, the town I live in, Greenville, IL is 6758 people. Can you visualize four towns the size of Greenville being destroyed in one day due to everyone dying of starvation? Looking at it from this point of view, it’s heart wrenching and unethical for us as humans to let another die. Did you know that America has the largest obesity rate in the World? We have nearly 109,342,839 obese people in this county. (Re New: Bariatrics, 2017) Why couldn’t these obese people contribute to the hungry? Instead, we are selfish and cold-hearted creatures, at times. Many people in Africa and South America Countries live in such great poverty that their lives are filled with only with the necessities of daily survival. I am going to argue today why I feel we can make a difference and why we should sacrifice for the global poor. One reason I argue is because I think it is possible to fight world hunger. Two, is it’s unfortunate that other countries governments have so much to do with hunger and the poor. Lastly, I think we can all help if we just try to do so by giving back in small amounts because it’s morally right to do so.

Thank you for your time today. I am writing to you in hope that you will understand the issue and be motivated to make changes due to it. In the united states at least 678,000 deaths each year die due to poor diet, lack of nutrition, obesity and obesity rates have tripled in children. Children all learn what they know, and that includes knowledge on a proper diet, in school, so why are schools not helping enough in this matter? Why are schools hiding healthy eating habits behind bought pizzas and chips and other junk foods in the cafeteria? We, in the united states, are required to educate children in health at schools, through P.E. and health classes, and should not undermine their work by giving out the opposite of what we suggest. Many may say that this takes away freedom or is not that big of a problem, but do children really want to be obese or unhealthy? Do students want to die young from linked diseases such as Diabetes type 2 and cardiovascular diseases? No. They would still have food choices, but they would be able to have better options to choose, ones where facts and statistics do not cause fear in parents, but happiness.

I said this before and I’ll say it again, I want to help and also everyone else who cares about the people in need, starving or not. A brilliant man, Buzz Aldrin, came up with this quote, “ If we can conquer space, we can conquer child hunger.” If we can travel to the moon, explore space, make drones to receive information, we can definitely defeat child hunger. I challenge everyone to think about anyone but themselves and help them out in a way that will make a positive difference in their

“Hunger and malnutrition are the number one risk to health worldwide. Each year the death toll exceeds that of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.” There are around 800 million people in the world deprived from proper nourishment and statistic say it’s possible to feed everyone, but is it really? There are many different causes of hunger, such as: poverty, wealth inequalities, natural disasters, war, and food/ resource waste. Although there are many causes of hunger, thankfully there are some solutions that could be quite effective. These include: education, transfer of wealth, empowering women, international support, and technology. Despite the fact there are many solutions the crucial step in ending world hunger is implanting them into society successfully.

The world is not caring about the more important things in life such as being thankful for what they have and where they live, having great support systems, and being educated. All these things are great to have in order to be successful but in the shadows are the ones who don’t have the opportunity to have those things and not having these things lead to those who end being homeless, hungry, or resort to violence. I’m here to talk about the big thing that is constantly on TV but isn’t being taken into action and that thing is world hunger. World hunger is one of the main problems in America and even all around the world. I was watching TV and I noticed the BET awards was on and there were all these rich celebrities who have all this money

Our life is something that is so precious. Every choice we make impacts our life wether it be physically or mentally. When we choose to make poor life choices, it will reflect on us as individuals. Poor choices in what we consumed or how active we are will lead to a life that can lead to an early death. Obesity is an epidemic health problem that has been one of the leading causes to death. The disease itself causes sever health conditions as well as mental health issues.no one wants to become obese, but in today’s society we have been given the perfect recipe that will land us in a fight for our life. Obesity is not something that simply happens, but a lifetime of poor choices. We must discover the source of obesity and attack the health issue from the primary leading factors. We start with the source in order to help improve the lives of people everywhere who are battling this disease, as well as those who are predisposed to a higher chance of developing it.

. Fact is…people are hungry…. but the San Diego Food Bank is there to help.

The only major political move in the United States to end hunger in recent years was made by president Obama, we simply can’t have that. Although we are a constitutional-republic, we cannot rely on one person or a few activist groups to do what we all know needs to be done. Do you think that we will rid this country of hunger if only a few of us try? We won’t. We may achieve some meaningful progress, but we will not completely destroy the simplistic monster that is hunger if we do not try as a people. So do me a favor, do yourself a favor, do your neighbor a favor, do a starving child a favor and join the fight to end hunger in

78 million adults and 13 million children in America dealing with health and emotional problems because they can’t stop eating(“Understanding the American Obesity Epidemic”). This is why they are not too thin. I must say, it is with great sorrow that we see young children, of ages eight or eighteen, or even adults, of ages twenty five or sixty, struggling to even take a few steps, some accompanied by wheelchairs, some desperately having to stay at home due to immobility and some who are left to no use. These are the ones who become either successful and are able to lose weight, or become useless individuals.

You ran away from the mutts, you didn't dare to turn back because you knew if you did, they would catch up with you, you saw a tree in front of you, it was your only hope at the moment, if you continued running they would chase you until you tired out. You managed to quickly scale the tree. You sat on the tree branch, leaving you in the cold, damp forest with tall dark silhouettes watching over your every move or mistake. You began to sob, you absolutely hated being here, you hated every single moment you spent and you knew that the memories from these Games would haunt you more than the first Games you went into but you just couldn't understand how the Careers in the past games just willingly volunteered to be in these damn games. You hated

The 40 hour famine, an organisation founded by world vision, is done to raise money for people living in developing countries that cannot afford the luxuries we take for granted. People around the world participate by giving up something important to them for 40 hours (World Vision, 2015). This is an important issue in today’s community as the money raised goes to tackling the problem of poverty and food shortage in third world countries. Global hunger is the world’s biggest health risk, making children sick and taking away their chance at a better future. By putting posters up around the community, creating a website and sending out a survey we have been able to educate many people in the community. These are all ways that can help to reduce

Another program that I believe will eliminate hunger is the St. Pats Hot Meal Program. St. Pats is a church that serves hot meals to the community multiple times a week. When a group of peers and I got there, we spent some time with the kids that showed up while the kitchen was getting ready for the meal. We brought them coloring books, crayons, colored pencils, puzzles, and checkers. I sat across from a little boy who kept almost falling asleep. His grandma explained to me that he does not usually act this way. He is usually a ball of energy who bounces off the walls, but that day he did not have the energy because he was hungry. No matter how hard I tried to distract him with coloring or even a conversation, he could not stop thinking about how hungry he was. It made me really sad to think that someone’s hunger could be so bad that they cannot do anything. Food is a necessity, and being deprived of it can make you feel less human. I hate that in this rich, industrialized nation, there are severe problems. We need to focus on ending hunger in America, and places like St. Pats will help do that. We need to support these programs and expand them to reach all of the hunger insecure.

Do you know what it means to be healthy? What was the last thing YOU ate? Do you realize that these things are bad for you? I get it eating healthy can be a problem for some people even though you may just be that person that chooses not to eat healthy it can still be a struggle. Everyone and their family enjoy eating things such as (Cakes,Pies,Ice Cream,Cookies,etc.) so why would you choose to eat healthy foods over that? And in this essay I will be explaining many different reasons as to why many people need to cut down on the junky foods and to start eating healthy.

Around the globe there are many who are at a state of no access to food. Not only does this effect the homeless, but also those with a family and children. Because of their low income or environmental state and even poverty, not everyone has a fair chance of a proper nutrition. This is where the role of food banks comes into place as it limits these problems to these individuals. Through charitable events at school, I have participated in giving canned food items or food items that will not rot within a couple of years or months. Participating in these events not only gave me a ticket to partake in the well-being for others, but it also gave me a more understanding as to how many people are really impacted with hunger as well as other forms of their needs.

In preparation for the community presentation, we brainstorm our ideas to answer questions who and where is our target population? With our instructor approval, we are given the privilege to work with primary school children at Roosevelt Elementary School. What is the ongoing problem and what topic we need to present to bring awareness, health promotion, information and education to this particular population? Unanimously we agreed that children obesity has been a continuous and increasing problem in our schools in Scottsbluff and a growing concern for this nation and its future due to the increase of unhealthy foods consumed by our school children, such as foods that are low in fiber, high fat, high sugar and sodium which contributed to unnecessary weight gain and children obesity. As student nurses, we agreed that in line with the goal of Healthy People 2020 goal to promote and advocate healthy eating by increasing intake of fruit and vegetables in our school children diet by doing so, we decided to present “Healthy Food Choices.” It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that the public should consume adequate amounts of dietary fiber from a variety of plant foods. Dietary fiber is defined by the Institute of Medicine Food Nutrition Board as "non-digestible carbohydrates and lignin that are intrinsic and intact in plants." Populations that consume more dietary fiber have less chronic disease. Higher intakes of dietary fiber reduce the risk of developing several chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers, and have been associated with lower body weights. (Dahl & Stewart)