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Healthier Eating in East LA
In the effort to curb heart disease, UCLA and USC are transforming markets in East LA to provide healthier choices. Is East LA really a "desert" for healthy food?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenIn the effort to curb heart disease, UCLA and USC are transforming markets in East LA and paying grocers to provide healthier choices than the neighborhood is accustomed to — or so they believe. But some traditional markets already carry unsweetened almond milk and soy products. They even have sales on vegetables. Is East LA really a "desert" for healthy food? Will market makeovers make for healthier customers? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, Sergeant Robert Bales and the latest atrocity in the war in Afghanistan.
Banner image of Yash La Casa Market courtesy of Public Matters
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2 storiesHealthier Eating in East LA
LA County's Health Department has found that 25 percent of the people in East LA have high cholesterol and 30 percent suffer from hypertension, both tied to obesity and the threat of heart disease.
Read the story24 minSgt Bales, PTSD and the Slaughter of Innocents in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan has been stained by another atrocity, with another American soldier accused of brutally murdering helpless civilians. Sergeant Robert Bales is accused of leaving his base in a remote part of Afghanistan, brutally murdering 16 civilians, including nine children, and trying to set their bodies on fire.
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