The article creating integrated strategies for increasing access to healthy affordable food in urban communities discusses the effects of introducing healthier food options for children in preschool programs. The Idea was projected to be a five-year program that would ultimately improve the living conditions for underprivileged communities. The educational approach to for young children would allow for them to reflect on the older generation they live with. In addition, teaching good eating habits to young children molds a new generation that grows up knowledgeable in healthy food options and where they could be found. Ultimately this educational approach would hopefully cause a domino effect that would create food hubs, improvement of food quality, as well as create jobs for people in the food sector. Ultimately, these changes would improve the conditions of an underprivileged community. The food education program alongside the food hub allows young kids to learn good eating habits as well as, apply what they learn by having healthy options accessible at an affordable price.
A key strategy to improve food inequalities within a community would be introducing new job opportunities within the community. A workshop on how to apply to certain positions such as SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) and to become food handlers not only educates employers of healthy decisions but allows for them to get a source of income as well. All the strategies mentioned in the reading are interconnected to ultimately drive down the cost of healthy foods, improve supermarkets while educating the community on what a balanced diet consists of. The program has made a large improvement starting from only 10 sites with only 700 children to impacting about 30 sites with 1500 children. The increase in the number of children in the program benefits the final goal at hand.
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