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DGAP Diet, Geography, Access and Plannning

DGAP Diet, Geography, Access and Plannning . 12-13, 2010. Amanda Behrens, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Baltimore MD Joanne Burke, Nutrition Program, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham NH

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DGAP Diet, Geography, Access and Plannning

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  1. DGAP Diet, Geography, Access and Plannning 12-13, 2010 Amanda Behrens, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Baltimore MD Joanne Burke, Nutrition Program, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham NH Jennifer Wilkins, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY

  2. Our Participatory Workshop Plan • Introductions and Inventory • - Current DGAP initiatives/interests • Brief background on diet, geography, access & planning/policy • Planning and Research • - What do we need to consider in the design of a regional food system that addresses DGAP. • -What are the DGAP vision, goals and objectives • -Designing future strategies 12-13, 2010

  3. Inventory

  4. Why Food and Diet Matters ? Major driver of Public Health, Social and Environmental Well Being

  5. Income Matters: In the United States Americans’ diets, particularly those of low-income households, Fall short of government recommendations in the quantity of fruits and vegetables consumed. UNH Voices in the Field: Designed to capture the challenge of those directly experiencing food insecurity

  6. Poverty Matters: In the United States in 2009 /November 2010 Poverty level family of four= • Nearly 43.6 million Americans or 14.3 % in poverty 25.8 % of blacks 25.3 % of Hispanics were poor, 12.5 % of Asians 9.4 % of non-Hispanic whites and • In 2009, households experiencing poverty 30 % headed by single women 17 % headed by single men 6 % headed by married-couples

  7. Food Insecurity Matters: % Increase in SNAP Participation from 2005 to 2009 USDA SNSP Data, accessed November 2010

  8. Health Matters: Escalating Obesity Rates Photo: Sergey Kashkin, Health Foods, Healthy Families 2007 Bread for the World Institute

  9. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1989 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html

  10. 2009 Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults

  11. Social Justice Matters:

  12. Planning, Innovation and Research Matters • Recommends that the USDA, universities and state agricultural agencies, increase research and development for proven approaches to boost crop yields. • Approaches include • Modern conventional plant breeding methods • Sustainable farming • Organic Farming • Other sophisticated farming practices that do not require farmers to pay significant up front costs. http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/science/failure-to-yield.html

  13. Access Matters • In the United States, 2.3 million households, or 2.2 percent, live more than a mile from a supermarket and don’t have access to a vehicle. • An additional 3.4 million households, or (3.2 percent) live between one-half to 1 mile and do not have access to a vehicle.

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