FastSaying

1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight.

Mark Bittman

economicsfoodhealthhungerwealth

Related Quotes

It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and sisters ache and suffer for lack of minimal health care, minimal education, and even—in some cases—enough food to escape starvation.
— Ronald J. Sider
abominationaccumulating-wealthbrotherhood
After a full belly all is poetry.
— Frank McCourt
foodhunger
There have been times when it has been rough with the food. You just get that hunger. After the camera's gone, am I going and continue on the path I'm on?
— David Peck
FoodHunger
Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the feed itself is supposedly organic, and the fish themselves are packed tightly in pens, swimming in their own filth?
— Mark Bittman
DietEvenFeed
The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants.
— Mark Bittman
AdvocatingAllyBetter