obesity+hunger

I really found myself interested in this particular TED talk. The concept of food security has aways intrigued me and have have grown up with a family and lots of friends who are involved in different local food security organizations. After listening to Ellen Gustafson's talk it really astounded me that there are just as many obese people on earth (the majority coming from America) as there are starving people on earth. She explains this is because the idea of farms is changing in America and products are starting to include more sugars and trans fats than they use to causing a new generation of obesity. Even at UT we don't have to go far to see how things have changed in the foods we eat. There are fries, pizza, fried foods, a 24 hour IHop, slushies, soft serve, etc all located just in Presidential courtyard! It's unfortunate that unhealthy food has become the choice for most families because it's cheaper and coke is cheaper than milk so that's what they send with their kids to school for their lunches. I already support Gustafson's FEED program and have a FEED bag, but her idea that we can change hunger and obesity all in 30 years is very optimistic. GMOs are becoming very popular and organic foods are becoming unreasonable for most family budgets. I'm excited to start this project on food security mostly because I'm planing on being an elementary school teacher and one of her main focuses is on school lunches and how they can really change a life.  What do you think about the connection between obesity and hunger?