Solving World Hunger Means Solving World Poverty. A major issue for food insecurity is poverty, which is heavily present in developing countries. Most believe hunger is an issue of supply and demand, but this blog post argues that the issue of hunger also lies with the poor who cannot afford to eat.
The most obvious benefit of strong, healthy muscles is the ability to perform everyday tasks on your own. With strength comes self-sufficiency, which contributes to a healthy lifestyle. With capable muscles, you can open your own pickle jars, rearrange your furniture when the desire strikes and carry heavy grocery bags from the car to your kitchen.
Strength training is just what your body needs to fight the loss of muscle, bone mass and strength that comes with age. Everyone, no matter how young or old, should be doing some kind of regular strength training. This could be at the gym, or at home using very little equipment. Resistance bands and balls, small hand weights, water and even your own body weight can be used as resistance when designing a strength training program.