Essay On Poverty In America

Poverty in America can be one of the leading causes of obesity. The people who are not in poverty are the ones that can afford to eat healthy for themselves and for the environment. Not only do people who are dealing in poverty can be obese, but they are more likely to be because they have more risk factors than others. There are a number of studies that have found positive associations between food insecurity and obesity. The FRAC (Food Research and Action Center) stated that, “In a 12- state study of 66,553 adults, those who were food insecure had 32 percent greater odds of being obese compared with those who were food secure. Obesity was significantly associated with food insecurity among the following five population sub-groups: women
There are many reasons and ways that these two play along with each other. One fact is the limited resource. There is often lack of full-service grocery and farmer's’ markets in low-income neighborhoods. These neighborhoods don’t have a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy product and also whole grains, which are more healthy for you. The kind of foods that they have more access to usually have more refined grain, added sugar and fats. Causing them to eat unhealthy food which increases their chances of becomes obese. Often in these situations they don’t have a way of transportation to get to other food and if they do, it will be a day trip to go to and from the grocery store. Often these low-income neighborhoods might not have access to grocery stores do have access to fast food restaurants., where they do not have many healthy and nutritious options. According Ming-Chen Yeh and David L. Katz, “People living in the poorest SES (socioeconomic status) areas have 2.5 times the exposure to fast-food restaurants as those living in the wealthiest areas.” This is cause on why people might chose these fast-food restaurant because they are easier and much closer to them then many grocery