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Here, you can have some of mine... |
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Unfortunately, the logic of excess food, or even money, in the US going to feed the starving millions doesn't quite work. Even if the food distribution systems were up to it, most people starve for political reasons. Any analysis of famines shows that they are caused by political will, or lack of it, not the lack of food, that is generally sitting in warehouses in other parts of the country, hoarded and out of reach of the starvees. This is about to happen in my own home country (Zimbabwe), and it is really distressing. |
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[If that's not excess fat, I don't know what is.] |
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"The number of overweight people worldwide has, for the
first time, caught up with the number who are underfed,
says a report out this week. |
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There are 1.2 billion overfed or obese adults, equal to the
number who have too little to eat. Poor countries are
piling on the pounds, along with western Europe, as
population move away from the country to a more
sedentary city life." - source TOI 27.01.2000 |
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Mr curry PHD, it's clear I hope that this idea is meant
mosly as a weight loss motevation tool-- not an end to
world hunger. The few 1,000 hungry kids who get help are
just a nice bonus. |
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oh and another thing-- people spen I forget how many
billion dollars on weight loss stuff every year, what id say
30 percent of that went to hungery kids instead of pills
that don't work etc. ?? |
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Sadly, much (in some cases all) of the money you send ends up in the hands of the men with guns, all to often the local government. Put your money into organizations promoting justice and democracy in emerging nations - it will do much more good. |
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but the main point to to motevate people to lose weight. That's the service. Could I do more for AIDS by giving 3 hours of my pay to some scince guy who was looking for the cure, or by buying AZT for that bum at the washington bridge instead of going on the AIDS walk? Yes, I could. Would I get as great of a emotional return? No. |
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Actually, the "emotional return" may just be the key as most people who overindulge do so for the emotional return they get from eating. I like this idea, but it needs a corporate sponsor, like WeightW or JennyC. Those diet companies could donate their pre-packaged, "healthy" food for shipment to the poorer countries based on how much weight their clients lost. |
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[Thank goodness someone else showed up!] |
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To get people to lose weight, you are essentially appealing to their vanity and/or personal comfort. To get people to donate to combating AIDS or world hunger or whatever, you are appealing to their altruism or sense of pity. I don't think mixing the messages is going to provie useful to either goal. |
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But this is only for weightloss *for health only* --fat kills a lot of people in the US, and chaing diet habits is hard. |
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This is bakable without the incorporation of a charity (is that allowed in the US, corporate charities?) by having a "sponsored slim" with the cash Monet raised going to the charity of your choice. |
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Losing weight is not just a vain pursuit, it's good for your physical health and it's even emotionally healthy to care a bit about your appearance I think. So it's not really a juxtaposition to tack on the extra noble pursuit of helping the starving. |
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I don't mean to interrupt your battle-of-the-bad-spellers, but this *doesn't* involve physically liposuctioning fat out of obese people and shipping it to starving people for... lipo-induction? (or whatever the opposite of liposuction is) |
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Lipoinjection, I believe would be the correct medical term. |
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And hopefully Robert Mugabe will die of coronary artery blockage. |
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My name is Esme Dowodu and I live in Chad. I wish to say that we don't need none of your lard here and I'd sooner jump in a river of snot than accept donations from the likes of you. Besides, your donated fat probably contains toxins. |
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Okay, I truly am interested in exploring this with someone. Please come back. I have a website called donateyourweight.com and I am toying with creative ideas/marketing twists. Basically, I'm a hypnotherapist who specializes in weight problems and I know the power of words so...I think lose is a word that has negative associations in the mind so I chose donate. I also chose it to spin on the whole notion of "Finish Everything on your Plate because there are children starving in..." Of course, finishing everything on your plate will not help with weight loss. However, if you feel guilty for those starving children why not DONATE to an organization that actually works to save starving children? |
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Any one want to engage me in this twisted pursuit? Make fun of it, give me ideas, entertain the concept? |
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Hmmm...Don't quite get it. I think I found part of my answer. As a positive reinforcement and aid in learning new habits, a person will pay themselves money each time they accomplish one of the 6 Stress-Free Slimming Strategies. One of the 6 Strategies is "Leave Some Food on Your Plate." I'm going to recommending donating that portion of the money to feed the hungry.
Get it? |
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Or how about 'make a dinner for four people when there are six', would that work? Smaller portions, see. |
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Well folks, we figured it out and it's happening. Our first event is the Donate Your Weight Comedy Fundraiser. Check it out at www.don8yourweight.org. The idea has gained some serious momentum. Basically, our slogan is laugh, lose weight and support a good cause. There's a lot more to come so feel free to chime in. |
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