Filed under: Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits  The New York City Council folks say scarce fresh produce in low-income neighborhoods is leading to high rates of obesity and other health problems. So they plan to issue 1,000 permits for mobile fruit and veggie stands in these areas. The produce carts -- there are already 4,000 stands in the wealthy Manhattan -- could be available as soon as this spring. New York has been making many health strides, banning trans-fats from city restaurants and smoking from bars and restaurants and working to force fast-food chains to display calorie counts on their menu boards. Currently, more than half of New York adults are overweight or obese. And it's estimated that 700,000 New Yorkers suffer from diabetes, While the rate of obesity is below 15 percent in much of Manhattan, rates in less affluent neighborhoods -- Harlem, South Bronx, and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn -- are over 27 percent. See what you can do to improve your own health and wellness by visiting this AOL Body site. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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