Malnutrition

The highest records of diabetes found in a community are those with the highest recorded conditions of food scarcity and poverty. The impact alone of high blood pressure and heart disease in Black residents of these communities is devastating. In an environment void of safe public parks and trails, where homes give no indoor or yard space for physical activity, and where residents of the community cannot afford lofty gym memberships, health crises in these neighborhoods are equally a direct result of lacking recreational access.