To close America’s diet gap, we must recognize food as a human right
“The families in our study aren’t unique. The gap in the quality of rich and poor Americans’ diets has grown over the past two decades; the diets of middle-class and wealthy Americans have improved while the diets of poor Americans have not. Researchers attribute this gap to the high cost of healthy foods. And many people in the United States don’t have more money to spend on food.”