As summer approaches, with an expected spike in violence, a study finds Chicagoans in Black communities with a lot of crime exercise less and are more obese Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune © Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune A man sits on a bench at an otherwise empty Mason Park in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago on May 19, 2021. West Garfield Park is an area with a high violence and obesity correlation.
Chelsea Singleton, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, became interested in the intersection of violence and nutrition when she was talking to managers of farmers markets in Black communities.
UIUC professor finds correlation between violent crimes and obesity in Black communities
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Planning, designing, implementation, evaluation and coordination overall health promotion and protection interventions for the Ministry of Health;
Provision of guidance and support to the formulation of appropriate policies and strategies in support of the implementation of public health interventions including health promotion and protection;
Responsible for the regulation of health information dissemination in the country;
Fostering collaboration between the health and other sectors of government as well as institutions, organizations and the private sector to address the broad determinants of health;
Supporting and coordinating formulation of and/ or strengthen the implementation of national health promotion policy and national health policy, legislations or strategies for tobacco control in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control;