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Table For One, Food For Two: A Socio-Economic Perspective On American Obesity, Celestina Victoria Brunetti
Table For One, Food For Two: A Socio-Economic Perspective On American Obesity, Celestina Victoria Brunetti
Honors Theses - Providence Campus
Research indicates that obesity is linked to socio-economic factors and genetics. Both have an impact on whether a person is or becomes obese. The paper focuses on the impact of the change in food supply along with socio-economic factors, specifically access, time, and cost, and how these factors have affected the American obesity epidemic. This was assessed in part through a case study of the Smith Hill area of Providence, Rhode Island, a food desert that is comprised mainly of Americans near the poverty line, and the Wellspring La Jolla camp—a camp for overweight children from upper-middle class families. The …