Transcript Burke slides NESAWG 11-12

12-13, 2010
DGAP
Diet, Geography, Access
and Plannning
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
Our Participatory Workshop Plan
12-13, 2010
• 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
Inventory
Why Food and Diet Matters ?
Major driver of Public Health,
Social and Environmental Well Being
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
Poverty Matters: In the United States in 2009
• 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
/November 2010 Poverty level family of four=
Food Insecurity Matters: % Increase in SNAP Participation from 2005 to 2009
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USDA SNSP Data, accessed November 2010
Health Matters: Escalating Obesity Rates
Photo: Sergey Kashkin, Health Foods, Healthy
Families 2007 Bread for the World Institute
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults
BRFSS, 1989
(*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5’ 4” person)
No Data
<10%
10%–14%
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html
2009 Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults
Social Justice Matters:
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
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Sustainable farming
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Organic Farming
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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/failureto-yield.html
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.