Feeding the Future: Reducing Food Insecurity in Southeast DC

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Kimaya Davis
Brooke Oliver
Noam Procunier
Kateryn Rivera
Anthony Ventura

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A food desert is a region where people have limited access to healthful or affordable food usually due to low income and low vehicle access. Food insecurity also has to do with food deserts as food insecurity is a lack of safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development to live a healthy life. Food deserts are relevant because without access to healthy foods people living in food deserts might be at a higher risk of diet related conditions like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Research from the American Board of Physician Specialities suggests that eating local can help someone avoid or reverse a variety of illnesses that can both shorten your lifespan and diminish your quality of living, such as diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, hypertension, and even many different types of cancers. Our method to address food insecurity in Southeast DC is to implement farmers’ markets in places with higher needs. We feel like this will help because people will finally start getting the healthy food they need to live a long and healthy life.

Publication Date

2024

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health

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Recommended Citation

Davis, Kimaya; Oliver, Brooke; Procunier, Noam; Rivera, Kateryn; and Ventura, Anthony, "Feeding the Future: Reducing Food Insecurity in Southeast DC" (2024). DC Health and Academic Prep Program (DC HAPP). 22.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/dchapp/22

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