Tag: The Persistence of Poverty
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Why Are So Many Low-Income People So Overweight? (It’s Not Food Deserts.)
Pacific Standard: Why Are So Many Low-Income People So Overweight? … More recently, in Slate, Heather Tirado Gilligan cites peer-reviewed research to conclude: "[M]ore fresh food closer to home likely does nothing for folks at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. Obesity levels don't drop when low-income city neighborhoods have or get grocery stores."… ……