As people starve to death... America fights over its twinkie budget

As people starve to death..... America fights over its Twinkie budget.

United Nations FAO says the average American consumes 3770 calories.

42.5 gram cake contains 150 calories

Technically, a famine is more than 30 per cent of children suffering from acute malnutrition, two adults or four children dying of hunger each day for every group of 10,000 people and the population having below 1,500 calories of food per day (2,100 calories are the daily recommended amount).  

A and W prime Rib burger 260 grams and 800 calories

Obesity percentage rates

During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high. In 2010, no state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia) had a prevalence of 30% or more.

2010 State Obesity Rates
State	%	State	%	State	%	State	%
Alabama	32.2	Illinois	28.2	Montana	23.0	Rhode Island	25.5
Alaska	24.5	Indiana	29.6	Nebraska	26.9	South Carolina	31.5
Arizona	24.3	Iowa	28.4	Nevada	22.4	South Dakota	27.3
Arkansas	30.1	Kansas	29.4	New Hampshire	25.0	Tennessee	30.8
California	24.0	Kentucky	31.3	New Jersey	23.8	Texas	31.0
Colorado	21.0	Louisiana	31.0	New Mexico	25.1	Utah	22.5
Connecticut	22.5	Maine	26.8	New York	23.9	Vermont	23.2
Delaware	28.0	Maryland	27.1	North Carolina	27.8	Virginia	26.0
District of Columbia	22.2	Massachusetts	23.0	North Dakota	27.2	Washington	25.5
Florida	26.6	Michigan	30.9	Ohio	29.2	West Virginia	32.5
Georgia	29.6	Minnesota	24.8	Oklahoma	30.4	Wisconsin	26.3
Hawaii	22.7	Mississippi	34.0	Oregon	26.8	Wyoming	25.1
Idaho	26.5	Missouri	30.5	Pennsylvania	28.6

The BBC's Will Ross reports from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on the consignment of aid to Mogadishu... BBC 

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The UN refugee agency has flown aid to famine victims in Somalia's capital - its first airlift to war-torn Mogadishu for five years.

Some 100,000 people have arrived in the city in the last two months in search of food.

Insecurity makes it difficult for aid agencies to distribute materials.

The Islamist al-Shabab group was reported to have pulled out of the city on Saturday but its fighters can still be seen patrolling some areas.

While the government has been celebrating what it called its "victory" over al-Shabab, BBC East Africa correspondent Will Ross says few people expect Mogadishu to be peaceful.

For the aid agencies, the city remains an environment full of challenges, he says.

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Last week, one of the large camps for displaced people was attacked by pro-government militiamen who stole all the food.

Many people are still too scared to return to that camp and remain scattered across Mogadishu.

The 31-tonne UNHCR consignment - including plastic sheeting for shelters, blankets and sleeping mats - landed at Mogadishu airport on Monday afternoon.

The UNHCR said it usually ships its relief items to Mogadishu by sea and by land but because to the unprecedented rise in the number of people arriving in Mogadishu, it had decided to airlift supplies in order to save time.

There are now a total of five famine zones in Somalia - where the UN says 3.2 million people - almost half the population - are in need of immediate life-saving assistance.

More than 11 million people across the Horn of Africa have been affected by drought - the region's worst for 60 years.

The US has announced it is giving another $105m (£64m) in to help to the drought-hit areas.

The announcement coincided with a visit by the wife of US Vice President Joe Biden to Kenya's Daadab refugee camp where tens of thousands of Somalis have come for assistance.

Jill Biden said the aim of her visit was to raise awareness and convince donors to give more, AP news agency reports.

"There is hope if people start to pay attention to this," she said.

In south-eastern Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency has said it is concerned about the plight of refugees in the Dollo Ado camps following an outbreak of suspected measles.

The mix of measles and high levels of malnutrition can be fatal, the UNHCR says.

Moses Okello, UNHCR's representative in Ethiopia, said it was a priority to organise a mass vaccination campaign.