A staggering number of Americans suffer from metabolic and mental health conditions. The relationship between the food we eat and our psychological well-being is important to understand for people of all income levels, but especially for people experiencing poverty.
“There’s no doubt that ultra processed foods and the standard American diet are adding insult to injury to the issue of poverty.”
– Chris Palmer, M.D.
The feedback loop of trauma, mental health, and metabolic health
Chris Palmer
What’s wrong with the standard American diet?
Diana Rogers
Do processed foods keep people in poverty?
Chris Palmer
At the Center for Social Flourishing, we promote an integrated understanding of human flourishing that incorporates healthy family structure, robust civil society, economic opportunity, and good governance.
Only by attending to all four of these pillars can we ensure that the United States remains and becomes a country characterized by happy citizens, strong communities, and social mobility.
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