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Food Insecurity in Massachusetts, Hospitalizations (children more than…
Food Insecurity in Massachusetts
Solutions and Assistance
SNAP helping families buy food with government assistance
Housing- make housing more available in Boston
Educational Attainment - Understanding food inescurity
Sustainable Eating
Grocery Outlets
Racial/Ethic Lens
There are neighborhoods that are more affected than others
Dorchester, Roxbury, South end, Mattapan
Intervention
Effects
Without intervention, nutritional deficits increase the risk of chronic diseases
Fatal incidents
Type II diabetes
Early mortality
Physical and Mental Effects
Hospitalizations (children more than adults)
Specifically White and Hispanic children
Poor brain development when not enough nutrition intake
Low Iron Defeciency
= Poor Health
Behavioral and Emotional Problems
Poor Brain Developemt
WIC
More Assistance Programs
For low income and pregnant and postpartum women
Racial discrimination - Driver
Black people are 4x more likely to not afford food compared to white people
Hispanics were 4.5x more likely than White people to admit they cannot afford food