医院和健康食品

美国.S. health care system is the most expensive in the world—and the way we eat has a lot to do with that.

慢性代谢疾病, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, are increasingly widespread and enormously costly to treat. 证据表明 increasing our consumption of healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables can help prevent these diseases.

Yet the typical diet misses the mark: we eat too much meat, 加工食品, 和糖, and only about half the amount of fruits and vegetables that federal dietary guidelines recommend.

美国的不平等.S. 食物系统 make it especially challenging for low-income people to eat the kind of healthy diet that can reduce their risk of chronic illness. So improving community food environments could have a powerful positive impact on public health, 既节省了生命，又节省了金钱.