Monday, November 26, 2007
News Did you ever wonder why some low-income people tend to be unhealthy and overweight?
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 6:51 PM
A couple of new studies may help explain why:
In this land and season of plenty, low-income and rural Americans continue to have difficulty finding healthy foods that are affordable, a new study finds.One study shows that low-income Americans now would have to spend up to 70 percent of their food budget on fruits and vegetables to meet new national dietary guidelines for healthy eating.
And a second study found that in rural areas, convenience stores far outnumber supermarkets and grocery stores -- even though the latter carry a much wider choice of affordable, healthy foods.
Read the whole story on Yahoo news here.
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