Helping People Live Long Happy Healthy Lives is our mission
Kathy’s Kitchen gives our community access to nutritionally rich food and drinks. Healing naturally through nutrition is our motto and the message taught to customers. This message is strongly needed because many health concerns point to nutritionally poor food as well as excessively high sugar content in food and drinks. Supporting Kathy’s Kitchen is supporting the healing of our community in a way that allows us to own and control our health and our future. That is real Change. That is real Empowerment.
A Word on Health Equity
HEALTH EQUITY is when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible. HEALTH DISPARITIES are differences in health outcomes and their causes among groups of people. Some minorities experience a disproportionate burden of preventable disease, death, and disability compared with non-minorities. And now there is a dangerous trend in which the African American community is getting these preventable diseases like diabetes at a much younger age than others. Kathy’s Kitchen has a goal of reducing health disparities among minority communities and bringing us closer to reaching health equity.
The following statistics demonstrate health disparities
Obesity – Adults with obesity often have multiple-organ system complications from the condition and are more at risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and 13 types of cancers.
Obesity – African American women have the highest rates of being overweight or obese compared to other groups in the U.S. About 4 out of 5 African American women are overweight or obese.
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Heart Disease – African Americans ages 18-49 are 2 times more likely to die from heart disease than whites.
High Blood Pressure – African Americans ages 35-64 are 50% more likely to have high blood pressure than whites. They are also less likely to have their blood pressure under control.
Stroke – African American men are 2 times more likely to have a stroke and 60% more likely to die from a stroke than their white adult counterparts.
Cancer – African Americans have the highest mortality rate of any racial and ethnic group for all cancers combined and for most major cancers. Death rates for all major causes of death are higher for African Americans than for whites, contributing in part to a lower life expectancy for African American men and women.
It is time to create a healthy foundation within our bodies to prevent or minimize the effects of disease. We need organizations and policies that promote community healing and wellness to combat the detrimental effects of poor nutrition. Change is needed in the food commonly consumed in minority communities. Support farmers markets. Buy organic. Eat more plant-based foods. Poor health also negatively impacts the wealth of our community. Drive the improvement of health and empower communities to thrive. Close the HEALTH EQUITY divide.
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