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Additional Readings 446 these kinds of skills could help people be more organized and deliberate in what they buy. The obesity epidemic in low-income populations is a complex problem that has been going on for a long time. The answer sadly is not simple and is going to require involvement from the government, stores, and the communities of America. Until people are able to afford and access food themselves, it is important that people continue to support food banks and pantries, like the Oregon Food Bank, as they provide vital assistance to those who are food-insecure. Solving the problem of obesity in impoverished areas is going to be complicated, however, the result will have more people with equal access to nutritious, healthy food and lower rates of obesity. Works Cited Beaulac, Julie, et al. “A Systematic Review of Food Deserts, 1966-200 7.” Preventing Chronic Disease [PDF] , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2004, pp. 1-10. Corapi, Sarah. “Why It Takes More than a Grocery Store to Eliminate a ‘Food Desert.’ ” PBS , 3 Feb. 2014. Drewnowski, Adam, and Nicole Darmon. “The Economics of Obesity.” The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , vol. 82, no. 1, 2005, 265S-273S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/82.1.265S Hurt, Ryan T., et al. “The Obesity Epidemic: Challenges, Health Initiatives, and Implications for Gastroenterologists.” Gastroenterology & Hepatology , vol. 6, no. 12, 2010, pp. 780-792. US National Library of Medicine, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033553/. Levine, James A. “Poverty and Obesity in the U.S.” Diabetes , vol. 60, no. 11, 2011, pp. 2667-2668, diabetes. doi: 10.2337/db11-1118. Parker-Pope, Tara. “A High Price for Healthy Food.” The New York Times [blog article] Peacher, Amanda. “East Of 82nd: Raising Children In A ‘Food Desert’.” Oregon Public Broadcasting, 18 Feb. 2015.