The hidden faces of hunger in America

Any idiot buying rice in two pound bags deserves to starve

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The report’s authors also want to make it easier for patients and people at risk for Type 2 diabetes to take in-depth courses to learn how to manage and prevent the disease. Doctors often say that managing diabetes is like having a full-time job.

Loretta Fleming, 53, who lives in New York City, didn’t know how to keep her blood sugar under control until she enrolled in peer education classes through Health People, a nonprofit, at a community center in her neighborhood in the Bronx.

“I saw dietitians and nutritionists at the hospital, but their education didn’t match what I got from the program,” Ms. Fleming said. Though the classes, she has learned to limit bread and sugary drinks and to check her feet every day for sores that could become infected. She has lost over 100 pounds and has also become a peer educator.

“I used to drink a three-liter soda every day,” she said. “It was a ritual. I had to have my soda. So I had to get rid of that. I didn’t know it was bad for me.”