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Toomey Abbott Market near I-81 is the 6th location in the county to offer Double Up Food Bucks for residents who have limited access to fruits and vegetables.
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The Syracuse City School District shows parents more resources to decrease child hunger and poverty in the city.
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The Double Up Food Bucks program offers a dollar-for-dollar match on purchases of fresh produce for SNAP recipients. It just launched at the Syracuse Cooperative Market and Brady Market. There's a 20-dollar-a-day limit, but advocates say it can lead to more fruits and vegetables, and better health.
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Many of our routines are changed because of the restrictions caused by the Coronavirus … and those changes can threaten our health. We've previously told…
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How well did you plan to shelter-in-place for the long haul? Did you have time to consider how to build an appropriate pantry? Did you think of foods that…
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A program that’s encouraging youth to exercise and eat healthy in Syracuse City Schools is about to expand from five to seven schools. The Growing Healthy…
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Nearly a dozen corner stores in Syracuse are now participating in a program aimed at offering healthier food choices, especially to children. A new report…
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A first-ever report on childhood obesity finds 14.4% of children in New York ages 10 to 17 have obesity. That’s slightly below the national average, and…
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A family of four struggling with poverty is 60% more likely to have two or more diseases. In an effort to combat the effects of poverty on health, The…
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The co-owner of a well-established corner store in Syracuse’s Hawley Green Neighborhood says she realized the need to provide better nutritional options…