Mid-Mississippi PLACE MATTERS Team Holds Meetings to Discuss Local Obesity Crisis

Lambert, MS--In celebration of Food Day--a nationwide celebration and for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food--the Mid-Mississippi Delta PLACE MATTERS team held two community meetings to discuss the connection between the rise in obesity and the lack of healthy, affordable foods in most Delta communities. Mississippi has the highest obesity rate in the nation; more than one in three Mississippi adults (36%) are overweight or obese. The Mid Delta PLACE MATTERS team intends to draw attention to the roots causes of the obesity crisis: the social, economic, and environmenntal factors that shape Mississippians' opportunities to be healthy. For the full press release, click here.