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Scientist are discovering there is a link between obesity and lack of nutrition.
Here is an article from "Food and Agriculture of the United Nations" (www.fao.org).
Move over America - The developing world's new burden: obesity
It is a bitter irony that as developing countries continue their efforts to reduce hunger, some are also facing the opposing problem of obesity. Obesity carries a higher incidence of chronic illness including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. And while some of the poor are becoming plumper, they are not necessarily better fed. Obesity often masks underlying deficiencies in vitamins and minerals.
"We believe obesity is a significant problem that needs to be dealt with, along with the problem of the underfed," says Prakash Shetty, Chief of FAO's Nutrition Planning, Assessment and Evaluation Service.
In addition, practically all of the hungry and many of the overweight are weakened by a third type of malnutrition: A lack of vitamins and minerals referred to as micronutrient deficiency.
"The thinking used to be that if people get enough energy in their diets, the micronutrients will take care of themselves," says Dr Burlingame. "But increasingly people are eating larger quantities of cheap food that fill the stomach but still leave the body without those micronutrients."
Many times people are getting plenty of calories and plenty of fat but are literally starving their body of nutrients. The more junk food one eats the more nutritional starvation occurs. Cutting back the junk and adding plant based nutrient supplementation can help you be on your way to a healthy lifestyle. Adding supplementation can help your body realize that it is actually getting the nutrition it needs. It will not think it is starving anymore and can help curb the appetite.
The hidden hunger of the vitamin and mineral deficient child
Vitamin and mineral deficiency is the source of the most massive ‘hidden hunger’ and malnutrition in the world today. The ‘hidden hunger’ due to micronutrient deficiency does not produce hunger as we know it.” said UNICEF’s Deputy Executive Director Mr. Kul C. Gautam, at a press conference at UNICEF House this morning. “You might not feel it in the belly, but it strikes at the core of your health and vitality.
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