will big box grocers change access to food in Detroit?
You can quote me on this: “more big box stores will not equal better food choices” On January 20, 2011, First Lady Michelle Obama launched an initiative with Walmart and the Let’s Move Campaign to increase access to fresh and healthy foods. The program is supposedly bneing evaluated by the Partnership for a Healthier America, … Read more
FIT Families Project
I started working for the FIT Families Project in November 2010 as a Counselor/ Community Health Worker. The program is a pilot study following a test project called the Chimney Project: Community Health Intervention for Managing Nutrition and Exercise in Youth (article). This part of the program has been grant funded for three years by … Read more
following the money & the loss of primary care
Health statistics undoubtedly show the shortage of health workers and doctors around the world. Recently I wrote about the growth of hospitals in Detroit and the huge loss of primary care physicians. This is a health issue that is often associated with countries of the “developing” world, but the USA is facing a health shortage … Read more
