HLTH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Food Desert, Zip Code
13 Nov 2017
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Highest rate of obesity highest rat of poverty. 90% of adults over weight in some cities. Nashville 1/10 adults walking around with obesity uneducated have higher chance of having obesity. Orange county has number of parter per 1000 residences have a lot of parks not in santant. Matters where you live does you zip code matter more than genetic code. 10 stats with highest obesity rate 9 of them amount poorest in america. Low income neighbourhood people make less income lower quality food more stress less exposure to fresh food. Large social and economical forces that drive obesity. No healthy place in neighbour hood a lot of deals for unhealthy food more accessible. Limit resources time and expense and time for someone in poverty harder. New york city bronx half residence living in poverty. Alot of unhealthy food not a lot of greenery.
