Food and nutrition: hard truths about eating healthy
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- City voices
- Author(s):
- Libman, Kimberley, author Lauren Beatty, author Fiedler, Michael, author Abbott, Sharon, author Green, Dona, author Weiss, Linda, author
- Contributor(s):
- New York Academy of Medicine, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : New York Academy of Medicine, June 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Food -- economics Food Supply Healthy Diet Poverty Urban Population Chronic Disease Focus Groups Food Assistance Humans New York City United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This data brief is part of a series--"City Voices: New Yorkers on Health"--developed to raise awareness of the health needs of people who are often unheard. "Food and Nutrition: Hard Truths about Eating Healthy" highlights informative personal experiences of primarily low-income New Yorkers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. Hunger, food insecurity and inadequate access to healthy food remains a challenge for many of New York City's low and very low-income households, putting them at high risk for non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Participants in this Community Needs Assessment (CNA) expressed awareness of the connection between diet and health, and a desire for healthier food. They also described the many challenges to acting on this awareness and desire. These include high stress and limited time, the cost of healthy food, and its limited availability where they live. Among those surveyed for this CNA, 66% reported always or sometimes feeling concerned about affording food and housing, and 36% reported that healthy food was not very, or not all, available where they lived. Participants identified nutrition and cooking education as a community need, emphasizing that such programs should allow community members to taste new foods, and that classes should be held in community settings and specifically directed towards disease management and prevention.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101715385 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101715385