Sentences with phrase «include access to healthy food»

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Most Americans have access to an abundance of healthy food, including fresh fruit, vegetables, and organic products.

The lawmakers asked that the review include consideration of what effect the $ 13.7 billion deal could have on access to healthy foods in so - called food deserts where residents may have limited access to fresh groceries.

A better environment would include better access to healthy food, restrictions on advertising to children and plain old health education to help parents weed through conflicting messages in order to make the best choices.

These innovative machines will make convenient access to nutritious foods including entire entrees, a reality for busy workers and residents in communities with limited access to healthy foods.

In an effort to solve that challenge, the Szalays partnered with HUMAN Healthy Vending — the nation's leading franchisor of healthy vending machine businesses — to ensure that their family, as well as the greater Memphis community, has convenient access to healthful foods and beverages, including allergy - and diabetic - friendly oHealthy Vending — the nation's leading franchisor of healthy vending machine businesses — to ensure that their family, as well as the greater Memphis community, has convenient access to healthful foods and beverages, including allergy - and diabetic - friendly ohealthy vending machine businesses — to ensure that their family, as well as the greater Memphis community, has convenient access to healthful foods and beverages, including allergy - and diabetic - friendly options.

Special guests include Cheryl Cronin CEO of Boston Public Market, Gary Hirshberg, Chairman of Stonyfield Farm, Maura McNamara, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Wellness Consultant, and Jenna Pelletier, Food Editor of Boston Magazine who will discuss healthy eating, access to quality food for all, and positive family meal rituFood Editor of Boston Magazine who will discuss healthy eating, access to quality food for all, and positive family meal ritufood for all, and positive family meal rituals.

Because HUMAN Healthy Vending co-founders Sean Kelly and Andy Mackensen know that there is a link between low access to nutritious foods and childhood obesity, they are on a mission to place these machines in areas where people need access to healthful meals the most, including in areas designated as food deserts.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

In announcing the overall No Student Goes Hungry Program in December, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there are «nearly 2.7 million New Yorkers, including almost 1 million children, who do not have consistent access to the food they need to live an active, healthy life.»

After researchers excluded other features in these communities, including recreational centers, the data suggested that decreased access to heart - healthy food stores is the common thread in more rapid progression of coronary atherosclerosis in middle - aged and older individuals.

The Act includes funding to support Farm to School programs: schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program will receive an extra 5 cents per day when at least one component of a reimbursable breakfast or lunch contains a meal component made entirely of unprocessed, locally - grown foods and meets the nutrition and access requirements of the Healthy Schools Act.

Connect ®, offering casual, flexible seating; easy access to food and high quality, healthy menu options for breakfast; and light evening fare, including snacks, cocktails, wine and beer so guests can unwind.

Some of the documented disadvantages include increased social tensions between different community groups, reduced access to healthy food and lifestyles and loss of cultural traditions, practices and livelihoods.

an inclusive right extending not only to timely and appropriate health care but also to the underlying determinants of health, such as access to safe and potable water and adequate sanitation, an adequate supply of safe food, nutrition and housing, healthy occupational and environmental conditions, and access to health - related education and information, including on sexual and reproductive health.

Invest in children's health and development by appropriately funding evidence - based programs, including Early Head Start and Head Start, Medicaid, CHIP, WIC, home visiting, SNAP, school meal programs and other programs that increase access to healthy food, and Child Care Development Block Grant — funded programs.

The right to health extends not only to timely and appropriate health care but also to the underlying determinants of health, such as access to safe and potable water and adequate sanitation, an adequate supply of safe food, nutrition and housing, healthy occupational and environmental conditions, and access to health - related education and information, including on sexual and reproductive health.

Community dietary patterns were found to respond directly to improved stock management and food supply, 5,6 and multistrategy, community - directed nutrition programs in some remote communities resulted in marked and sustained improvements in anthropometrical, biochemical and haematological risk factors for chronic disease.7, 8 Knowledge gained from such studies has broadened the focus of Indigenous nutrition initiatives to include the «supply side» (improving food quality and access to healthy food in remote communities) as well as the «demand side» (promoting nutrition through behaviour change).

In Northern Territory communities, it has been estimated that up to 36 % of the family income is needed to purchase food, 14 which is at least double the proportion required by non-Indigenous Australians.15 One of the proposed «Close the Gap» equity targets was that, by 2018, 90 % of Indigenous families could access a healthy food basket for under 25 % of their income.16 However, nutrition issues were not included in the final National Indigenous Reform Agreement of the Council of Australian Governments.