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Healthy Food Choices Is Often A Matter of Geography

Jon Strelecki
Tom Luljak and Renee Walker

For most of us, going to the local supermarket with a wide selection of healthy choices is just part of our routine.

But if you are poor, making a decision about what to eat is often a matter of geography. More often than not, your choices are limited to corner grocery stores stocked with foods high in sugar and fats.

On this edition of UWM Today, we talk about food deserts that are tied to poor nutrition for the poor. Our guest is Renee Walker, an assistant professor in UWM’s Zilber School of Public Health and a Scientist at the Center for Aging and Translational Research.

Tom Luljak hosted UWM Today on WUWM for more than two decades and is the inaugural host of Curious Campus.