Today’s episode on the Big Apple Podcast discusses the disproportional effects of obesity in lower-income neighborhoods. Due to the lack of access to fresh and nutritious foods in supermarkets, there are higher risks in neighborhoods that cannot afford to pay for a better-quality grocery store nearby. Tiny Boadu shares his experience living in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and not having access to healthy options. Hope you enjoy it!

Here are these week’s sources:

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"Obesity." Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia

     University Irving Medical Center, www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/

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"Obesity." NYC Health, www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/obesity.page.

     Accessed 5 May 2023.

"Sleep." Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Heatlh, June 2022,

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