Comments on: Hunger: It is more than just being hungry

By: L. H

L. H — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:04:25 +0000

And you see all these horribly overweight people who were overfed the wrong foods as children. They graze at buffet restaurants eating the worst choices. I stand behind people in the grocery line whose choices consist of soda, TV dinners, cookies, ground beef, and white bread; there are no fresh vegetables or fruits. Their health problems weigh down our national health system, such as it is, increase insurance rates, and take money from people who need not only health help but something as basic as food.

By: tamara s.

tamara s. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:11:24 +0000

There was a time when I had to stay with a friend because I had no where to live, I didn’t grow up with my mother or father and my family didn’t want anything to do with me. At the time I was only 16 and I didn’t have a job, my friend didn’t like cooking in the house because he didn’t like the smell of food on his clothes so while he went to work & ate there I was at the house unemployed and starving for 3 months. One time I went to look for a job and I walked about 10 blocks on an empty stomach and 85 degree weather that when I got on the subway(I live in NYC) I passed out and ended up in the hospital which I still owe money for because I don’t have health insurance. I’m 19 now & still on my own & thanking god I’m still alive, hope we can end this hunger era

By: Full Name

Full Name — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:23:00 +0000

I have been hungry. It is embarrasing, hard to endure. People who don’t know or can’t understand judge you. My husband and I both lost our jobs. We didn’t qualify for assistance because our car was only 2 years old. What money we made at temp jobs went for our house payment with nothing left over. We had to make less than our house payment to qualify for food at a food bank, so we couldn’t get food there either unless we lied. We went without electricity and water 2 summers and borrowed water from neighbors, which I paid them when we finally got better. People don’t know responsible people can starve in America, but they can while people shake their heads at you as if you have squandered your money or done something wrong. I ate mulberries 3 days from a tree in my back yard which were full of bugs once.

By: N. Bembridge

N. Bembridge — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:06:01 +0000

I can relate to Millie’s hunger story. I grew up in West Virginia a few years ago and for a while there, I thought hunger was a way of life for a lot of people, not just my family. Sometimes neither my mom or dad could find work and we lived on public assistance which wasn’t very much. Some times were tougher than others and I remember going to school hungry. Looking back on those times, I wonder why we were hungry when there was so much food around. It is my opinion that no one in this world should ever go hungry when farmers are actually paid not to grow food.

By: Millie

Millie — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:24:07 +0000

When I was growing up in Tennessee, my dad used to plant a garden and raise pigs and chickens to help feed the family. When he died, my mama tried to keep me, my sister and my brothers fed but some days we went hungry. It was terrible, especially when it was cold and snowing. Sometimes all we had to eat was biscuits. It seemed like somebody in my house was always sick and I was scared, especially when mama got sick. We moved to Arkansas when I was in the 8th grade where mama got a job in a chicken factory. From then on I don’t remember being hungry but when I hear about people being hungry, it brings back real bad memories. I wish nobody had to go hungry.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:13:02 +0000

Hunger is an understated problem in our country. When you think of someone being hungry, you think of people that are living on the street, but there are places that even people on the street can go and get a hot meal. Hunger to me is when there’s no way or transportation you can take to get to where the food is. Hunger is not taking out the time to locate the food banks or shelters that provide food for the needy. Children are the ones that are most likely to go hungry because of the lack of knowledge and guidance.