Food insecurity rates, which skyrocketed with the Great Recession, have yet to fall to pre-recession levels. Food pantries are stretched thin, and states are imposing new restrictions on programs like SNAP that are preventing people from getting crucial government assistance. At the same time, we see an increase in obesity that results from lack of access to healthy foods. The poor face a daily choice between paying bills and paying for food.
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Julia Waity is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 280 ● ISBN 9780826522054 ● Dimensione 8.6 MB ● Editore Leslie Hossfeld & E. Brooke Kelly ● Casa editrice Vanderbilt University Press ● Pubblicato 2018 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 6603673 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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