/2024/12/17/food-insecurity-persists-in-wards-7-and-8-but-there-are-solutions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=food-insecurity-persists-in-wards-7-and-8-but-there-are-solutions DC Neighborhood Stories from American University Mon, 02 Jun 2025 23:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /2024/12/17/food-insecurity-persists-in-wards-7-and-8-but-there-are-solutions/#comment-22910 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 23:07:56 +0000 /?p=20333#comment-22910 Better natural and nutritional food sources would prevent the rise of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancer within Ward 7. Ward 7 seems to be the forgotten section of the Nation’s Capital, being a food desert actually has an affect on the crime and violence that it perpetrated on these streets. While focus on
building a new stadium would bring jobs and revenue to this part of the city, the
physical health and greater healthy food options would go much further.

]]> /2024/12/17/food-insecurity-persists-in-wards-7-and-8-but-there-are-solutions/#comment-17388 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:00:19 +0000 /?p=20333#comment-17388 […] to 91ÇÑ×Ó, Wards 7 and 8 hold the largest populations of food deserts (51% and 31% respectively). Further, […]

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