Poor Americans struggle to find affordable quality food: Newstarget.com

As obesity soars in America, studies are finding that access to good food is a problem for less affluent Americans. HealthDay recently reported that poorer Americans not only have issues with affording quality food, but they have fewer places to buy good foods. One prime suspect: the convenience store now outnumbers the grocery store in many rural areas. The findings come from studies by the Journal of the American Dietetic Association in their November 2007 issue on poverty and human development.

According to the HealthDay article: "People with more money eat more fruits and vegetables than those with less money, research shows. In turn, poorer people also assume a greater disease burden relative to their wealthier counterparts."

Poor Americans would need to spend 70% of their food budget on fruits and vegetables to meet the new recommended daily guidelines, but some studies show that only 10% of all Americans are meeting these guidelines.

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