Poverty Is Literally Making People Sick Because They Can T Afford Food

Evaluation of ' 'Poverty Is Literally Making People Sick Because They Can 't Afford Food ' ' Malik Miah 's article ' 'It 's War on the Poor ' ' starts that in USA, base on income, there are around fifty millions of Americans who leave in poverty(2). These people face many difficulties which can be injustice, malnutrition, starvation or poor health conditions. Concerning starvation and poor health conditions, Matthew O 'Brien says in ' 'Poverty Is Literally Making People Sick Because They Can 't Afford Food ' ' that poor people are more hospitalized at the end of month for hypoglycemia. They have that disease because of hunger and fasting. To support his argument, he uses some statistics. However there are some missing element he could use to support his point of view. Therefore, for this evaluation, the goal will be to summarize the article, bring out the good points and show the missing points which weaken his statement. Matthew O 'Brien argues that people with low-income, especially when they have diabetes, are more subject to hypoglycemia at the end of the month because of the lack of food. At this time, they don 't have enough money to buy …show more content…
At the beginning, he explains that poor people are more likely to have hypoglycemia at the end of each month because they are hungry. Hunger can lead to low blood sugar which in turn gives hypoglycemia. He uses percentages and statistics from research to support his arguments. He also shows that hypoglycemia is not the only disease that affects poor people. There is appendicitis too. Unlike hypoglycemia, the percentage of people with appendicitis is constant for the entire month. Therefore, only disease tie to hunger need considerations. The writer proposes some solutions that can help to fight hypoglycemia. Nevertheless, his line of reasoning presents some missing