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  1. Welcome to our video.
  2. We are students working for the Equity Scholars internships.
  3. My name is Karen and today we will be talking
  4. about nutrition and how different factors affected communities ability to
  5. access food as well as how nutrition impacts education.
  6. The first thing we will be talking about today is
  7. why is nutrition so important to education?
  8. Well, different foods can have a different impact on students.
  9. For example, foods that have higher amounts of iron folate
  10. in omega three play key roles in brain development and
  11. functioning foods that are high in protein and fiber keep
  12. you full for longer.
  13. So students who eat these foods will be able to
  14. have more energy throughout the day and we'll be able
  15. to stay more focused.
  16. Foods with a lot of sugar can lead to cognitive
  17. decline, drains energy and also poses a number of other
  18. health risk.
  19. So if nutrition is so important, why do some people
  20. not have access to healthy foods?
  21. Well, to answer this question, we're going to look at
  22. food deserts.
  23. A food desert is a region where people have limited
  24. access to healthy and affordable food.
  25. This may be due to having a low income or
  26. having to travel farther to find healthier food options.
  27. Currently, about 23.5 million people live in food deserts, making
  28. it a large problem for the United States.
  29. Food deserts disproportionately affects already marginalized groups of people and
  30. can feed into malnutrition.
  31. High income communities have greater access to healthy food than
  32. low income communities.
  33. High-income communities have a far greater access to healthy foods
  34. and even foods like frozen vegetables.
  35. High-income communities are 14 times more likely to have those
  36. accessible than low-income communities.
  37. Food deserts can also occur in very dense urban areas
  38. where the amount of food available is not enough to
  39. feed all of the people living in the area.
  40. Food deserts are caused by several factors.
  41. One major cause is they are located in low income
  42. areas where people often do not have access to a
  43. car or reliable transportation.
  44. Also, people in low income areas do not have disposable
  45. income, so they are more likely to buy fast food
  46. while through deserts are often overlooked as a problem, there
  47. are some resources that are currently helping those living in
  48. food deserts.
  49. For example, Michelle Obama created the Let's Move campaign Through
  50. this campaign.
  51. The United States has already contributed $400 million dollars to
  52. provide tax breaks to supermarkets that open and in food
  53. deserts. While food deserts are an issue that requires in
  54. depth solutions, there are several resources that currently help overcome
  55. some of the symptoms caused by food desert, their educational
  56. resources to help those living in food deserts find alternative
  57. ways to create healthy foods from their limited options, their
  58. financial incentives, donations and deliveries and health and fitness training.
  59. There is also a program called the supplemental nutrition assistance
  60. Program, which provides funds to lower income individuals living in
  61. a food desert to be used for purchasing food.