Rodrigo’s summary was excellent but omitted two key items:
(a) consistent and clear food labeling (see my prior message on this topic)
(b) institutional support and coping mechanisms for at-risk populations
Example: There are 3,143 county jurisdictions in USA. And one single county, Holmes County in Mississippi, is now famous because it is both the US county with the highest obesity rate (47%), AND the US county documented as the “most food insecure” by USDA. Nearly 40 percent of children there have poor access to food. The common denominator is poverty and a lack of social services.
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/study-the-worst-us-counties-for-your-health
Keith L. Kline
Senior Research Staff, Environmental Sciences
Climate Change Science Institute http://climatechangescience.ornl.gov/
Center for BioEnergy Sustainability http://www.ornl.gov/sci/ees/cbes/
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road, Bldg 4500 N, MS 6301
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6301
USA
Keith Kline