Distributing farm to table
by Amy McCullough Published: October 30,2011
Tags: Eat Healthy Mississippi, fattest state in the nation, heart disease, locally grown, Mississippi, overweight, poor health, produce, regional farmers, Type II diabetes, vegetables
Mississippi’s achievement of “fattest state in the nation” for seven years running is an economic problem. In addition to significant healthcare costs to treat chronic illnesses like Type II diabetes and heart disease, the productivity lost due to poor health defies calculation. A large part of the solution to Mississippi’s overweight woes lies in healthy [...] [...]
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