Food pantries that give away stuff people can't or won't cook have an 'acorn squash problem'

By Diana Cuy Castellanos, Assistant Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Dayton
John C. Jones, Assistant Professor of Urban Food Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University

A major problem with how food donation currently works in the United States is that a lot of the calories in those boxes and bags come from items that aren’t particularly healthy, such as packaged snacks.

This arrangement is troubling in part because of the high rates of nutrition-related illnesses, such as heart disease and diabetes, among low-income people who rely on donated…

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