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Ethnicity isn't the main problem when it comes to a healthy diet. In todays current societ its harder to get healthier food in different places. It is hard to get one place to another just for healthy food. Healthier foods are more expensive so low income familys struggle to afford it.

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Minority groups may not have access to grocery stores because there is low employment availability in many rural areas. If they aren't able to afford transportation to other areas where there are more stores, it's also not accessible to them. Cities aren't entirely able to dictate where grocery stores are located because the owner of a lot is allowed to do as they please with it so long as it doesn't violate the drainage laws, building codes, fire codes etc.
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The location and your financial situation plays a big role in obesity rates and diabetes. Minorities like blacks and hispanics tend to live in places where they might not have access to grocery stores. On top of this if they can't go to grocery stores they have to get less nutritious food for more money. EL

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One reason that ethnic minorities and low income population have higher obesity rates is because food deserts, areas without good access to grocery stores and healthier food, are generally found in Black and low income communities according to the Food Empowerment Project. The small stores that are in food deserts have a smaller selection of food, which is generally less nutritious and higher in fats and sugars. These items also cost more in smaller stores because these smaller stores buy the products wholesale for more than bigger chains would.

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One main reason why ethnic minority and low income populations suffer from higher rates of obesity is because of the food insecurity. Many of those people are are very poor and unable to afford various necessities for themselves. They lack money to afford food due to how expensive they are. Also, the location they live contributes to part of the reason they have high rate of obesity. Some of them may live in places where they are not exposed to grocery stores.

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some of the reasons that minority and people that have low income it would be a diet related issue and how it can effect you the calorie intake too if you do not consume a lot of calories a day then you will not to have gained a lot of weight.

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One of the reasons for why ethnic minorities and low-income populations suffer from higher rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are because the prices are going down. Public transportation are less available and survices arent as reachable to everyone. DH

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I was reading in the article that due to unemployment people will find alternative options of food and cheaper and unhealthier food and will cause obesity and also when kids are fed to much and put into bad habits it becomes worse.

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Minority populations and low-income areas suffer from higher obesity rates than other races or in higher income areas. There are a number of reasons for this, like how many low-income areas lack grocery stores, how low-income areas have more convenience stores than others, and the availability of foods in different stores. A statistic in 2009 showed that over 23 million people from low-income areas lived a mile or further away from the grocery store, this keeps them from buying good food and having a healthy diet. Convenience stores cause another problem because they are more prominent in low-income areas and sell very unhealthy and not very nutritional foods. The availability of foods in different stores also affects this because in grocery stores healthy fruits and vegetables are available, but in convenience stores there are lots of unhealthy food/junk foods.

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One reason why minorities report higher rates of obesity, cardiovascular disease, etc. is because of the location they live. Some neighborhoods do not have access to grocery stores and can only go to convenient stores. This can greatly impact what a person buys because convenient stores tend to sell more junk food than healthy food. Another reason is culture. Different cultures eat different foods, some foods being healthier than others. Lastly, healthy food is more expensive than unhealthy food.  If people cannot afford the healthy food, the food they buy is more likely to cause health issues.

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There are many reasons why minorities have higher obesity rates than non minorities. Many people living in rural area struggle a lot more than others. Since they cant afford other food they settle for foods at connivance stores for low prices that tend to lead to obesity. Thing like fast food restaurants are also a big thing in the rural areas.

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One of the reasons minorities report higher obesity rates than non-minorities is because of the lack of access to grocery stores to neighborhoods that have people living at or below the poverty line. So areas with fast food restaurants and smaller convenience stores sell lots of junk food and not much healthy organic food for a healthy, balanced diet.

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One of the reasons why ethnic minority and low income populations suffer from food related issues is because they might not be able to afford it. A lot of people don't have the money to buy food to sustain themselves. People might also not have access to a grocery store. A lot of grocery stores might be too expensive for some people; this is preventing them from getting the protein and nutrients they need to live.
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The first reason why ethnic minority and low-income populations suffer from diet-related conditions than the general population is because Black and Hispanic neighborhoods have fewer large supermarkets and more small grocery stores. The smaller grocery stores are filled with junk food and don't offer fresh food. Also, in suburban and rural areas where there are food deserts, it's harder to get to grocery stores, meaning that there's less food in the house. Lastly, for low-income people, supermarkets have food that is a lot more expensive than smaller convenient stores. This means that people are obviously going to go to the cheaper stores, but they have unhealthy food.
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They can't afford a lot of grocery and their are not a lot options of foods to provide. AR

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People that live in rural places and are low-income tend to have higher obesity and diabetes rates. They would have to settle for cheaper, and unhealthy food. Grocery stores are far away and public transportation isn't common.  Since Grocery stores aren't an option, they settle for convenience stores where the amount of junk food is high and healthy food- low.

In the city, buildings like grocery stores are everywhere, maybe a walking or a casual and short bus ride of a distance. They don't have to struggle as much as the people in rural areas. This whole obesity situation isn't based on race at all. It's based on location and poverty along with other smaller factors.

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One major reason for why ethnic minority and low-income population having higher rates of obesity is the idea of "Food Desserts" which is basically the idea that certain areas have very limited access to grocery stores. "Low-income census tracts have half as many supermarkets as wealthy tracts."
Another reason is that convenience stores tend to have greater prices than in supermarkets. Some people only have access to convenience stores so they are forced to pay the higher prices.
Lastly,  supermarket prices are usually cheaper and are more accessible to the wealthy. For example, the price of apples in a small store is $1.94 whereas the price at a supermarket is only $1.76.

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Employment is more concentrated in low-wage industries;
Unemployment and underemployment are greater;
Education levels are lower;
Work-support services, such as flexible and affordable child care and public transportation, are less available;
The rural marketplace offers less access to communication and transportation networks[ii]; and
Offers companies less access to activities that foster administration, research, and development.

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One of the reasons that minority and low-income populations suffer from statistically higher rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are because the prices of foods at smaller convienience stares are much higher than at supermarkets. For example, the price of a gallon of whole milk at a small food store is $4.28 while the price for the same milk at the nearest supermarket is $3.86. This difference in prices leads to higher rates of these diet-related conditions in minorities because they have less access to supermarkets due to thier living situations. Another piece of evidence that shows these "food deserts" have a huge impact on minorities is stated in the Teaching Tolerance article. The article states that, "Of all U.S. households, 2.3 million (2.2 percent) live more than a mile from a supermarket and do not have access to a vehicle. An additional 3.2 percent live between a half-mile to a mile from a supermarket with no vehicle access." This proves how minorities tend to live farther from grocery stores and have even less access to those stores when they don't own a vehicle. This leads to them investing in cheaper food options which are usually less healthier than the more expensive options leading to diet-related conditions.

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Info provided below explains why low income families suffer from obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardio vascular disease, and other diet-related conditions.

"8.2 million Americans that live in rural areas are below the federal poverty line."(Article 1).
"The 2015 MMG study found that rural counties are more likely to have high rates of food insecurity than non-rural counties."(Article 1).
"The average food-insecurity rate in 2013 for these “high food-insecurity rate” counties was 23%, compared to 15% among all U.S. counties."(Article 1).

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