FOOD/HEALTH/ MIGRATION
Through our research, we found it interesting that members were quick to give their overall health a good rating, but moments later revealed that they were battling one or sometimes several chronic illnesses.
Rates of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease are skyrocketing throughout the Bronx--producing devastating health statistics that are disproportionate to the rest of the city when looking at population and density.
This is precisely why as researches we were moved by Karen Washington's article. Her framework provides us with an explanation--one that makes us see that the individual responsibility we feel for health shortcomings is actually a byproduct of an unjust system.
Rates of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease are skyrocketing throughout the Bronx--producing devastating health statistics that are disproportionate to the rest of the city when looking at population and density.
This is precisely why as researches we were moved by Karen Washington's article. Her framework provides us with an explanation--one that makes us see that the individual responsibility we feel for health shortcomings is actually a byproduct of an unjust system.