Super Size Me.
The past few years, we have been inundated with obesity reports. Adults are fat, now children are fat. Heart disease and diabetes are increasing. Too many calories, too little movement. America the plentiful must be doing a good job of keeping its people well fed.
McDonalds: As American as apple pie
Fact: The difference between the cost of living and annual wage of minimum wage worker in Athens County is more than $9,000 (2006 Poverty Report).
Fact: 52.3 percent of the people in the city of Athens are living in poverty (2000 U.S. Census Data)
Fact: Food insecurity in Appalachian Ohio is above 27 percent (2006 Poverty Report).
Reality: Food insecurity (hunger) isn’t a social issue. It is one in ten Americans (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2007). It is hours of labor at the food pantry. It is going to bed hungry. It is names and faces and families.
So, who is this affecting? Where are they? How can we, as a nation, be both overweight and hungry? And, most importantly, what can we do about it?
SPEAK UP if you know the answers to any of these questions.
COME BACK if you’d like to explore them with me.
Great opener!
ReplyDeleteI just started reading but I hope you provide a more clear definition of 'food insecurity.'
I also like the big lettering at the bottom to grab attention.
Interesting visual. Where did you get the idea to add a can with each post?
ReplyDeleteJoe B. - Thanks! I'm glad you pointed out a (rather important) hole in my blog. Check out my latest post for a more clear definition! And the first time I noticed that type of "command" list (DO this, VISIT that) was in Newsweek, but I've seen it other places since then. I always thought it was a clever call to action, and I thought it would be particularly appropriate for this blog. I'm hoping your reading leads to follow-up action!
ReplyDeleteJeanna - Thank you! I actually got that idea from class. I was trying to think of a creative way to photograph the Athens County Food Pantry (which I will write a post about later on), and decided to photograph the bag-filling. I originally intended to line up all of the photos in a series alongside the food pantry post. But after discussing sequencing in class, I realized that it could be a creative method of telling a story while incorporating at least one photo into each main post that I publish.