Healthy Food, Healthy Communities
File Name:Healthy Food, Healthy Communities
Posted By:Rebecca Flournoy
Published on 2010 by
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Book Summary
In many low-income communities across the country, the only places to buy food are fast-food and convenience stores that sell fatty, sugary, processed foods. Some communities have no food vendors of any kind. This lack of access to healthy food makes it difficult for families to eat well, fueling the country's growing obesity epidemic and the severe health problems that accompany it. Bad food makes for bad economics as well. Communities without full-service grocery retailers also lose out on the benefits these retailers bring: steady jobs, decent wages, and foot traffic that promotes additional commercial activity. Fortunately, scalable solutions are emerging--solutions that can improve health, spark economic development, and help transform underserved communities into communities of opportunity.
