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Lisa McKay

Essay 3

Food Stamps and Eating Nutrition foods in the Poor Black Neighborhood

People have of the poor black neighborhoods depend on the corner stores. The supermarket is just too far for the elderly and families to go.

Low income family has a problem with eating health. They get food stamps to help them. But they do not have the education and knowledge of good healthy food for them and the children. That is why they have so many healthy problems. Like diabetes, high blood pressure, attention deficit disorder (ADD) in children. And high kidney disease, cholesterol, obesity, heart tracks. There are a lot of illness in the black neighborhoods because poor eating. So, if they would have programs to educate the families to make better choice of foods. Eat healthy, like green vegetables, like corn, bread, milk not cakes, cookies, candy, junk foods etc. When kids or their mother go to the store the children get all junk food to eat. Larraine spent money or food stamps on nonessential’s. Inner city families must learn about nutrition foods. You need to have more nutrition food for the body. Good food, the right foods help the body and brain to function better.

The supermarkets are too far from the neighborhoods for the inner cities to get to. So, they have to unhealthy foods from the corner stores and gas stations. It would be very hard for the elderly in the poor inner-city neighborhood to get to the markets. So, they can shop for better foods. The elderly forced to shopping at the corner stores.

Young kids should be learning now, how to eat better and healthy. They can pass it on to the children. They need to break the change of eating habits and better living. The health of the families would be better. They would not have all the health problems in the poor community. Babies can be born in good health.

Programs like a seminar once a month, nutrition classes to families and teens with babies. They should have food good programs in the schools. If they are public schedule bus to bring to bring elder to the supermarkets and to shop for clothes and other items. It could be one a month.