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2 Health & Nutrition Educating Americans on low-cost healthy diets. Solomon

3 The Process  The project took many weeks to compile enough facts to backup my thesis. 

4 Eating Right Every Day  This disparity between low income and wealthier populations in nutrition has been caused by socioeconomic factors include income, food prices, accessibility and nutrition knowledge. This gap can be closed by educating Americans about nutrition and healthy low-cost eating habits, improving government programs and encouraging smart shopping and food consumption.

5 The Food Pyramid Steps to a healthier you GRAINSVEGETABLESFRUITSOILSMILKMEAT & BEANS

6 Low income Vary your veggies  Food has become more expensive and therefore difficult to afford, especially for the people in poverty.  Incomes of the poor and in promoting food consumption hbut not nutrition  A typical school menu will include food commodities unwanted by restaurants and other major food services.

7 Accessibility Focus on fruits  Dallas’ Wards 7 and 8 only have one grocery store per 70,000 people which causes congestion in stores and probably frequents sell outs of food  Chicago, Illinois supermarkets numbers are low in the about 1 million populated Southside compared to the Northside  In Los Angeles Where 10-20% of household income is less than the $35,000/yr, there are over 3 times as many supermarkets as in those where 60-70% of the households earn less than $35,000/yr.

8 Convenience Vs. Grocery Stores

9 Results Know your fats  Food-related health conditions bring in medical expenses, unemployment, disability, and premature deaths Discuss how much children should eat daily and what foods contain oils and fats.  The top four killer diseases in America related to food.  Trans fat #1 Killer of African American high among other populations.

10 Solutions Long Term  Economic changes in government and commercial arenas will improve financial conditions among low income people  Focusing on agribusiness strategies will help close the nutrition gap Short Term  Educating and encouraging health programs that will instruct people about low-cost diet habits  Smart shopping a personal benefit to low income on eliminating the disparity

11 Education Educating and encouraging health programs that will instruct people about low-cost diet habits  Culture based cookbooks with healthy alternatives  Encourage children to eat foods in each group to meet their daily requirements.

12 Shop Smart 1.Smart shopping a personal benefit to low income on eliminating the disparity

13 Conclusion  The disparity among low income and wealthier populations in health due to nutrition will be not being so easy to eliminate. That is why Shopping smart and education about nutrition is the key solution to this disparity. Doing research on food and making the old fashion shopping list with the help of technology is guaranteed to save low income people money and most of all sustain s healthy life

14 Resources  Federal Government; USDA, NIH, DHHS, Census Bureau  State & Local: Seattle-King County DOH, Metropolitan Chicago Information Center, Dallas County DOH  Scholarly Doctor Reports, business profiles


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