Grocers Do Your Part To Prevent Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes

Utilizing the Healthy Food Financing Initiative will provide healthy food to low-income communities!

Goal: 20,000 • Progress: 10,839

Sponsored by: The Diabetes Site

Diabetes is a growing epidemic in low-income communities due to poor health education and the lack of accessibility to healthier food options and supermarkets. Instead of high-quality food right outside their door, they're left to choose meals from fast food and convenience stores selling high-fat, high-sugar, and processed foods.

In 2011, President Obama took hold of this problem and allocated $400 million of the nation's budget to establish a National Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The HFFI supports projects that increase access to healthy, affordable food in communities that currently lack these options.

Today this initiative is accessible to all developers and grocers, but we need to make a push for their involvement! Studies have shown that the initiative has been making an impact by improving and revitalizing the health of low-income communities, where these grocers have been developed. But, as a number of them can be found in some low-income communities, not every community that is in need has been hit.

Let's give these grocers a heads-up! Sign this petition to help emphasize the importance of their presence for the health of low-income communities who do not have access to healthy foods.

Dear:

Robert Edwards, Safeway CEO
David Dillon, CEO of Kroger Co.
Robert Miller, CEO of Albertson's LLC

Since the implementation of President Obama's National Healthy Food Financing Initiative, there have been great strides in providing healthy food options and groceries in low-income neighborhoods. But we'd like to see this initiative make more headway with your involvement.

As nationally-known grocery stores, the connection, impact, and nutritious food you can provide to these communities can be the means to prevent or minimize the rate of obesity and diabetes amongst adults and children in America.

We've only begun to raise awareness for the need of healthy food in these low-income communities, but studies have also shown your presence has contributed to these communities' economic development. You will not only provide fresh foods but will create jobs, and bring a healthier life back to these communities, raising community moral.

You are the first step to providing healthy food and opening the eyes of these to low-income communities to a better way of living. It's your turn to utilize this initiative, do your part, and make the change.

Thank you and we hope you will consider making a change!

Petition Signatures

Apr 21, 2018 Francesca Colombo

Apr 20, 2018 robert dowling

Apr 20, 2018 sam retenski

Apr 10, 2018 Sandra K Roeder I am so proud that our HyVee does every thing to promote Healthy eating.

Apr 7, 2018 Lisa vasta

Mar 24, 2018 Chris Hydro

Mar 21, 2018 Teresa Cruz-Wortman

Mar 17, 2018 Heidi Buckles

Mar 3, 2018 DIANE FLETCHER

Feb 12, 2018 Erik Bjarnar

Feb 10, 2018 Lynne Wolf

Feb 9, 2018 Teresa Foster

Feb 5, 2018 Jeanne Sheffer

Feb 5, 2018 Sara Vinas

Feb 5, 2018 Joan Hoefer

Feb 5, 2018 (Name not displayed)

Feb 5, 2018 Elizabeth Wolff

Feb 5, 2018 Nicole Mason

Feb 5, 2018 Lisa Miller

Feb 5, 2018 Mikail Barron

Feb 5, 2018 tony pallini

Feb 5, 2018 Janice Thompson Added sugar may make the medicine go down but it ruins other parts. GMO's and pesticides don't help either.

Feb 5, 2018 Sherrie Collins

Feb 4, 2018 Sandra Richards

Feb 1, 2018 Jo Pagnac

Jan 30, 2018 Barbara Leary

Jan 26, 2018 PYRIEL PESIC

Jan 25, 2018 Kevin Dahl

Jan 5, 2018 T.J. Pitts

Jan 5, 2018 Robin Bressler

Jan 3, 2018 Ellie Moyer

Dec 26, 2017 Laurie Aman

Dec 26, 2017 (Name not displayed)

Dec 26, 2017 Hilary Silver Please offer more food choices and keep one check out line junk-food-free.

Dec 26, 2017 Paige Garberding

Dec 26, 2017 David Buckner

Dec 26, 2017 elizabeth melton

Dec 21, 2017 Janis Ciofalo

Dec 3, 2017 Amber Lopez

Dec 2, 2017 robin karlsson

Nov 22, 2017 (Name not displayed)

Nov 15, 2017 Karrie Vukelic

Nov 15, 2017 Jennifer Burns There are areas in my community without grocery stores. We have limited transit, so location is important. I have taught in these areas, and many of the kids had little to no access to fresh produce.

Nov 15, 2017 Janet White

Nov 15, 2017 Audrey Martin

Nov 15, 2017 John Confar

Nov 15, 2017 Kay Lee

Nov 15, 2017 CATHERINE ALQUIER

Nov 15, 2017 Dawn Bowers

Nov 15, 2017 (Name not displayed) I have a friend in NY. She works for SODEXO. She is trying to save over 25% of "Ugly" but Good Fruits & Veggies from being thrown out by Grocers to feed People in need of food. Please Help! Thank you, Sue