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Food Deserts: Where Nutrition Meets Inequality
What is a food desert? The 2008 Farm Bill defines a food desert as an “area in the United States with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly such an area composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods and communities.” According to the USDA, to qualify as a “low-access community,” at least 500 people and/or…
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Let's Move! Away from Childhood Obesity
Say you are an average American adult, feeling a bit hungry around lunchtime. Though every person has a different standard of health for their body depending on gender, height, weight and level of physical fitness, assume that you consume close to the average 2,000 calories per day recommended by nutrition labels. Now say you wander…
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