Obesity and hunger in the Bronx
The Food Bank for New York City, a Trust grantee, is mentioned in this
New York Times piece by Sam Dolnick. The Trust made a recent grant to the Food Bank for $1.5 million to help emergency food programs throughout the City get more food to more people.
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By SAM DOLNICK
Published: March 12, 2010
A recent survey found that the most
severe hunger-related problems in the nation are in the South Bronx,
long one of the country’s capitals of obesity.
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