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The steep rise in food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Black, Indigenous, and persons of color across the United States. Emerging adulthood is a time of particular vulnerability for experiencing food insecurity and when young people may begin providing meals for their own children. It is a public health concern that food insecurity among emerging adult populations has the potential to negatively impact the health trajectories of multiple generations.

Healthy food does not have merely one but numerous benefits. It helps us in various spheres of life. Healthy food does not only impact our physical health but mental health too.

When we intake healthy fruits and vegetables that are full of nutrients, we reduce the chances of diseases. For instance, green vegetables help us to maintain strength and vigor. In addition, certain healthy food items keep away long-term illnesses like diabetes and blood pressure.

Similarly, obesity is the biggest problem our country is facing now. People are falling prey to obesity faster than expected. However, this can still be controlled. Obese people usually indulge in a lot of junk food. The junk food contains sugar, salt fats and more which contribute to obesity. Healthy food can help you get rid of all this as it does not contain harmful things.

In addition, healthy food also helps you save money. It is much cheaper in comparison to junk food. Plus all that goes into the preparation of healthy food is also of low cost. Thus, you will be saving a great amount when you only consume healthy food.

Innovation across the food system  from farms to grocery stores to restaurants and beyond  is urgently needed to help Americans eat better, a science advisory from the American Heart Association says.

And the report, published Monday in the journal Circulation, is full of approaches that could help.

Healthy eating can help reduce the risk of heart attacks, heart failure, strokes, and more. As outlined in federal guidelines, diets should emphasize vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. They also should include low-fat dairy products, poultry, fish, legumes, non-tropical vegetable oils, and nuts; and limit sweets, sugary drinks, and red meat.

But this is not how most Americans eat.

"In a healthy food system, the healthy choice would be the default choice," Cheryl A.M. Anderson, chair of the advisory's writing group, said in a news release.