Josh Braley
per. 7
10-18-07
Hunger

Hunger is a big issue all around the world today, and it is getting worse in many places. Many adults and children die a day from hunger, hundreds and even thousands. Millions are suffering from this, and why you might ask, well because of the lack of money in their countries. What is hunger? Hunger is a feeling that you experience when the glycogen level of the liver falls below a certain point, that is usually followed by an urge to eat.
Hunger has always been a huge problem throughout the history of man kind. Why not because the ones suffering don't want to eat, but simply because they didn't enough money to buy food. In some places the problem is not the people's fault but the countries because it is poor, or has a bad leader that doesn't care. In Guatemala almost half of the children under five years of age are chronically suffering from malnutrition. Sixteen percent suffer from acute malnutrition. I guarantee that these suffering people don't choose to be this way, if they could do something about it then they would but there is just nothing to be done.
Food wastage is a big thing throughout some parts of the world. In the United Kingdom, " a whopping 30 to 40% of food is never eaten." About 38 billion U.S. dollars worth of food is thrown away per year. In the U.S., 40-50% of all food ready for harvest never gets eaten. This causes not only financial problems but also environmental problems such as wasteful use of chemicals, waste of fuel for transportation which is also a big financial loss, and a lot of rotting food. This is all part of poverty, which is the wasting of food and money.
After reading Hunger it has made me realize how big of a deal hunger really is. So many people are suffering from this issue and so many people are doing nothing to help. Thankfully there are few that are pitching in but there needs to be more, and the country leaders need to do something for their starving people and help them out, it is somewhat their responsibility too. Hunger needs to be stopped, because it is killing off way to many people and it just isn't right for people to go hungry and die like that. I couldn't imagine starving to death and i don't know why more people aren't doing something about the situation. It needs to stop it has gone on for a very long time and i think its time for it to come to an end.