Obesity continues to rise among women, men, and children. Poverty makes it difficult for low-income families to obtain fresh, healthy foods and this lack of nutrients can lead to obesity. Obesity often occurs within families who live in a low-income community. Some families use foods stamps and learn how to balance and pick meals accordingly to prices between healthy and non-healthy foods. However, obesity problems grow within parents who cannot afford to meet the needs of their families; on the other hand, the government wants to make plans on how to restore the balance but does not follow through.
One of the main reasons obesity often occurs are because of food deserts. Moore explains food deserts as “areas where community members do not have access to fresh, healthy foods” (Moore). Some communities are filled with fast foods and convenience stores that only provide non-healthy foods to the people within the community city limits. Moore argues “Just because the amount of fast foods and convenience stores in that particular area gives the assumption that low-income communities are non-profitable, that will lead to more non-healthy foods” (Moore). With this type of assumption can lead to fewer farmer markets to shop for fresh foods, yet also it can hurt the community to grow and bring back grocery stores within the community to provide heathy foods to choose from. Additionally, these people will face more difficulty getting to healthy food markets because there are not many in these communities. In some cases, farmer markets are open on certain days and times making even harder to get healthy foods. In some markets “one cannot use foods stamps because the farmer markets have to make money to keep up with the cost of growing, produce and use of the equipment to process them” (Leclair). Now since it much as a hassle to meet the communities needs, healthy foods are harder to get by because most residents feel that it will cost more for gas to travel the distance. Conversely, families are faced to deal with household costs of basic needs, such as housing and medical bills, and buying food. For low-income families also have to get the help from the government to get assistance known as foods stamps when either they lost or got fired from their job. However, families can feel less insecurity, poor general health, and obesity among children because food stamps are used to provided extra help the family to get back on their feet. Woman are more prone to be obese because a mother stresses about providing food for her family to eat until the next month. Some single mothers might have it harder than other parents by caring and transporting to get to grocery stores and back home safely, especially driving miles out or her way. Furthermore, obesity is not from food stamps nor did it make people obese. …show more content…
It was compared with Nguyen’s findings that “32 percent of individuals who didn’t get SNAP benefits did not reach the mark for obesity, and 30 percent of higher-income Americans, yet showing not eating right and not scoring high levels of cholesterol than the border population” (Nguyen). Not to mention the low-income families also struggle within the home and work to cook meals that are somewhat healthy, but affordable and accessible because time is crucial meaning long hours of working and coming home to feed a family, and especially if he or she is a single parent. Another obstacle in the prices of non-healthy to healthy foods: people have to travel long distances to reach stores where they can buy healthy food at reasonable prices. Being on a low-income is not easy to manage, for example, most families struggle to maintain food balance within their home by skipping meals, going without meals for the entire day because there was not enough food, because food stamps cannot expand for a month because of high prices on fruits, vegetables, and meats. An article stated that studies were proving for studies showing “27 from ten different high-income countries between healthy and less healthy foods compared to evaluate the difference between prices of minimum calorie intake of 200 for certain foods including fruits,
One of the main reasons obesity often occurs are because of food deserts. Moore explains food deserts as “areas where community members do not have access to fresh, healthy foods” (Moore). Some communities are filled with fast foods and convenience stores that only provide non-healthy foods to the people within the community city limits. Moore argues “Just because the amount of fast foods and convenience stores in that particular area gives the assumption that low-income communities are non-profitable, that will lead to more non-healthy foods” (Moore). With this type of assumption can lead to fewer farmer markets to shop for fresh foods, yet also it can hurt the community to grow and bring back grocery stores within the community to provide heathy foods to choose from. Additionally, these people will face more difficulty getting to healthy food markets because there are not many in these communities. In some cases, farmer markets are open on certain days and times making even harder to get healthy foods. In some markets “one cannot use foods stamps because the farmer markets have to make money to keep up with the cost of growing, produce and use of the equipment to process them” (Leclair). Now since it much as a hassle to meet the communities needs, healthy foods are harder to get by because most residents feel that it will cost more for gas to travel the distance. Conversely, families are faced to deal with household costs of basic needs, such as housing and medical bills, and buying food. For low-income families also have to get the help from the government to get assistance known as foods stamps when either they lost or got fired from their job. However, families can feel less insecurity, poor general health, and obesity among children because food stamps are used to provided extra help the family to get back on their feet. Woman are more prone to be obese because a mother stresses about providing food for her family to eat until the next month. Some single mothers might have it harder than other parents by caring and transporting to get to grocery stores and back home safely, especially driving miles out or her way. Furthermore, obesity is not from food stamps nor did it make people obese. …show more content…
It was compared with Nguyen’s findings that “32 percent of individuals who didn’t get SNAP benefits did not reach the mark for obesity, and 30 percent of higher-income Americans, yet showing not eating right and not scoring high levels of cholesterol than the border population” (Nguyen). Not to mention the low-income families also struggle within the home and work to cook meals that are somewhat healthy, but affordable and accessible because time is crucial meaning long hours of working and coming home to feed a family, and especially if he or she is a single parent. Another obstacle in the prices of non-healthy to healthy foods: people have to travel long distances to reach stores where they can buy healthy food at reasonable prices. Being on a low-income is not easy to manage, for example, most families struggle to maintain food balance within their home by skipping meals, going without meals for the entire day because there was not enough food, because food stamps cannot expand for a month because of high prices on fruits, vegetables, and meats. An article stated that studies were proving for studies showing “27 from ten different high-income countries between healthy and less healthy foods compared to evaluate the difference between prices of minimum calorie intake of 200 for certain foods including fruits,