Rochdi Ammar DRE-098-N2 Zaneta summers 15 April, 2014 Eat Healthy! Diet and nutrition form the major determinants of population health. Across America, majority of people do not comply with recommendations regarding intakes of energy, sodium, fruits, saturated fat, and vegetables. The extent to which food is available determines the eating habits. Because food availability depends on an individual’s capacity to buy or produce the food, financial power will determine what kinds of foods one can get; therefore, the rich will access most of the foods as the poor struggle to them or lack them after all.
23.5 million people in America live in a food desert. A food desert is a geographic area where affordable and nutritious food is difficult to obtain, usually in rural areas and low-income communities. Not being able to have easy access to grocery stores changes multiple things. Most of the time you have to buy multiple of one item to prevent running out. This causes a problem because fruits and vegetables do not stay ripe forever.
Not enough money and too much stress lowers the quality of life that people have, and their standards of living also drop, as they are forced to get by with cheap, low-quality items (Nickels, McHugh & McHugh, 2010). Walmart has changed how the retailer and the manufacturer negotiate prices. The manufacturer used to be the one to tell the retailer, "I can make this for you for this much." But Walmart has become so big, so important, that now they
P America’s Obesity Crisis Obesity has plagued America. Poor food choices and sedentary lifestyles are two accelerants which continue to fuel this fire. I view this as a lack of responsibility of ones self. As adults, we need to be held accountable for the choices we make. While fast food is convenient and sometimes even more affordable than preparing a meal at home, overindulgence in such behavior is directly linked to adverse health problems.
This social responsible act is overshadowed by the company’s decision to leave the inner city areas because of alleged loss of profits. Many inner-city communities lack quality health-conscience items and rely upon corner-market stores to obtain any semblance of fruits and vegetables. If Company Q would have remained in these communities, it would have provided a nice alternative to the unhealthy options that these inner-city communities needed. It would have been a socially responsible act to engage in. B.
SNAP provides about $1.40 per meal per day to help citizens pay for their meals. SNAP spending also stimulates the economy, and keeps citizens off of welfare. Disadvantages to this program can include that what type of food purchased cannot be controlled. Also, SNAP does not cover all of the costs for food. Finally, there are set requirements for SNAP, and if a person does not meet all of the requirements, then the family will not qualify for SNAP benefits.
Company Q eventually listened and brought in a limited selection of products, but the customers found them to be to expensive to purchase. Knowing the economic status of the neighborhood their store was in, the customers did not feel that Company Q was being fair to them by supplying such high-margin items. Company Q’s was not socially responsible when they chose to allow their day-old food items to be thrown away instead of being donated to the local area food bank. They chose to show their distrust in their own employees, stating the possibility of the products to be stolen by their employees. Employees need to feel trusted and a valuable asset to the local grocery store chain.
Contributing factors are the education level of the residents, the large number of families living below the poverty level, and the lack of safe indoor and outdoor areas for exercise. Poor air quality and gang related activities hinder outdoor use of the many parks and bicycle trails and indoor programs that are available cost money that most families cannot afford. Fast food is cheap and has become a mainstay for meals as the Hispanic community acculturates into American society. This leaves a diet that consists of high fat, high simple carbohydrates, and high in salt, the trifecta for heart
In turn, some of the people who really are in a desperate need of financial provision are denied it, when its being given to those who can’t afford food for their family, but make sure they have the newest iPhone, or designer clothes. I think the priorities of the people now-a-days are very much different from those before. Work used to be a must, and to any extent would someone go to make sure their family was taken care of to the best of their abilities. Self-provided money bought the food on the table, and came before a new pair of jeans. Instead, a decent government-provided income buys food, and whatever money you have to yourself, whether from more governmental aid, or their own job, is spent on things of want, over need.
As far as hunger, the rising in the cost of living makes poor people less able to afford items, poor people spend a greater portion of their budgets on food than richer people, as a result, poor households and those near the poverty threshold can be vulnerable to increases in food prices. How we as individuals can make a difference is by, we can start small and locally within our own communities collecting donations, (in any form) and giving them to a local organization, also making other people aware of the problem. Also trying to help the homeless some kind of employment, most are willing and able to work. In some states 25%of homeless people are employed, this goes against the belief that homeless are lazy people who choose not to work. Instead, many homeless works only part time, receive no benefits and are only making minimum wage while supporting a family, even when working full time some incomes are just not enough.