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Dawson posted a stat that 1 in 6 people in the US is going hungry to some extent. I just saw a stat that 32% of Americans are considered obese.

Posted by Lorenzo Von Matterhorn (aka redmond) Nov 17 '09, 18:38

Those two stats are at odds with each other.

Can you be hungry and obese maybe?

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I can't trust US hunger stats anymore. - Ender Nov 17, 19:32 3
- Oh, and anyone that is on a diet would fall into that category. -- nm - b's future husband Nov 17, 19:34
- Food insecurity to me seems like it would include anyone that is worried about not being able to buy food at some point in the future. -- nm - b's future husband Nov 17, 19:34 1
  - it doesn't. in developed world terms, it's only people who aren't able to afford enough food without outside assistance. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 19:38
you can certainly be obese and have "food insecurity," which I think is what dawson's link called it. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 19:29
I could imagine that some people are overweight but malnourished (eating cheap starch and fat). -- nm - loosilu Nov 17, 18:50
Eat the rich! -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 18:42 2
- Offensive Joke inside. You have been warned. - b's future husband Nov 17, 18:57
- Don't be so modest. -- nm - nubby Nov 17, 18:55
1/6 is approx. 16% 16+32=48 -- nm - peglegpete Nov 17, 18:40 2
- assuming no crossovers into both groups, which would lower the 48% -- nm - peglegpete Nov 17, 18:41
- Bah, I looked at that 1 in 6 stat backwards. I have Statlexia tonight -- nm - b's future husband Nov 17, 18:41

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