This week my news assignment is to write a preview of Homelessness and Hunger Week in my little ol' neck of Northeast Arkansas. Meanwhile, I've embarked upon a new diet and exercise routine, which will consist of my running in place on a treadmill, struggling through exercise DVDs and trying not to pump every quarter I can find into the Coke machine at work.
As for my feature about people who unwillingly find themselves under fed and over-worked, it has to be compelling. Though I seriously doubt anyone will donate canned goods and lunch money to food banks for more than a day after the article, I don't want to tap out some Sally Struthers' rag about the poor starving children and all the things our fat ass mayor is doing to help them out.
Despite my own body weight issues, I'm very lucky to be overfed considering how many hungry, homeless and destitute people live in Northeast Arkansas.
If I wasn't growing my gut so large that it no longer fits into my pants, I'd probably drop the diet and exercise regime. Denounce it as a decadent act by a privileged, spoiled brat who eats too much.
However, I'm about to be 29 years old, so we'll see how this develops.
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What I find sad is that so many people in the US find themselves malnourished AND overweight.
ReplyDeleteI think that speaks volumes about our eating habits as a country. And the way we price and prioritize our food. Trash is cheap while (most) anything healthy costs more. ...god forbid if you want to eat organic.