781,624,326 Undernourished people in the world 1,619,014,177 Overweight people in the world 539,671,393 Obese people in the world 21,105 People who died of hunger today $ 338,931,697 Money spent for obesity related diseases in the USA today $ 130,465,238 Money spent on weight loss programs in the USA today  It's a numbers thing. People are still dying of hunger, but there are so many fatties that they make it "socially acceptable" to basically make fun of that.