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 12-13, 2010
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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
12-13, 2010
Our Participatory Workshop Plan
• 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
12-13, 2010
Inventory
Why Food and Diet Matters ?
Major driver of Public Health, Social and Environmental Well Being
Income Matters:
In the United StatesAmericans’ 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 women17 % 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
USDA SNSP Data, accessed November 2010
Photo: Sergey Kashkin, Health Foods, Healthy Families 2007 Bread for the World Institute
Health Matters: Escalating Obesity Rates
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 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:
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
• Sustainable farming
• Organic Farming
• Other sophisticated farming practices that do not require farmers to pay significant up