According to Feeding America’s “Child Hunger” article “84 percent of client households with children report purchasing the cheapest food available, even if they knew it wasn’t the healthiest option, in an effort to provide enough food for their household.” Childhood obesity is a Nationwide issue, but is seen to affect certain places such as the Bronx more than others. Sam Dolnick said “A 2008 study by the city government showed that 9 of the Bronx’s 12 community districts had too few, supermarkets, forcing huge swaths of the borough to rely largely on unhealthy, but cheap, food” (220). This is an epidemic that if not addressed and minimized will continue to affect the youth in America and only get
According to Feeding America’s “Child Hunger” article “84 percent of client households with children report purchasing the cheapest food available, even if they knew it wasn’t the healthiest option, in an effort to provide enough food for their household.” Childhood obesity is a Nationwide issue, but is seen to affect certain places such as the Bronx more than others. Sam Dolnick said “A 2008 study by the city government showed that 9 of the Bronx’s 12 community districts had too few, supermarkets, forcing huge swaths of the borough to rely largely on unhealthy, but cheap, food” (220). This is an epidemic that if not addressed and minimized will continue to affect the youth in America and only get