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As time goes by, diseases get worse and worse. The APHA do there best to try and prevent diseases from spreading. Give everyone access to healthy living life

Food security is a right that every individual has, the article helps brings justice to how important it is for families to have the foods they require to survive. As the rich grow richer, more and more families are left without food. They live with their worries on how to get food on the table and the problem is only spreading.

I like the take this article has in regards to physicians needing to encourage more information about resources for their patients. This article breaks down key points on how food insecurity is a social disease that can be worked on and helped at all levels of society.

Hearing that food insecurity is a rising problem today is disheartening, but it is also not surprising. With a growing population and an economy that squeezes natural resources dry, food is becoming less abundant. I like the take this article takes on food insecurity. They are trying to have physicians help patients cope with it. I doubt how helpful that will be because people who experience food insecurity might not have access to a physician either.

In general a good website for all topics concerning health. I have included a direct link to the obesity section. 2 in 3 American adults or either overweight or obese. This makes America the leading country in problems such as, diabetes and heart disease.

I also bookmarked an article about child obesity. It is very informative on statistics about child obesity and how much it is growing.

I also found that not only obesity is linked to diseases and disabilities but it can affect a person mentally. The article I found explained how a persons mental health is what makes the process of preventing obesity more challenging