Health & Nutrition

Educating Americans on low-cost healthy diets.

Solomon

The Process The project took many weeks to compile enough facts

to backup my thesis.

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.

The Food PyramidSteps to a healthier you

GRAINSVEGETABLE

SFRUITS OILS MILK

MEAT & BEANS

Low incomeVary 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.

AccessibilityFocus 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.

Convenience Vs. Grocery Stores

ResultsKnow 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.

SolutionsLong 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

EducationEducating 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.

Shop Smart

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

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

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