Caring for the Whole Person 2
Penn Medicine reaches out in health clinics, homes, community centers, and in far-reaching corners of neighborhoods. Healthy food leads to better health, but if it’s not within reach, chances are it won’t get eaten. That’s a barrier many people face living in Lancaster city neighborhoods, where supermarkets are few and the corner stores are more likely to carry high-calorie junk foods than fresh fruits and vegetables. For the past five years, Lancaster General Health (LGH) has been spearheading the Healthy Corner Store Initiative, with assistance from a national organization, The Food Trust. The goal is to help turn this problem around by stocking Lancaster city’s own corner stores — known as bodegas to the predominantly
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Latino community — with affordable, healthier foods for its residents.
