Obesity and Public Health Disparities
The goal of this project was to bring awareness to a pressing health concern in North Carolina. Obesity was chosen because of its association with health problems as well as economic disparity. In the United States, heart disease is one of the top 3 killers and many people are not even given a chance to practice healthy lifestyles because of where they live. The aim was to show people through data visualizations, placemarks, and a map, where some of the major food deserts were located to help people gain perspective on how some of their not so distant neighbors live.